. >> reporter: we're live in martinez where the home of a well-known family goes up in flames. we'll tell you why neighbors are so devastated. wait until you step outside. it's one of the coldest days of the season in the bay area. live team coverage -- ahead. more bodies have just been found from that ship disaster. what a california couple has to say about that ship's captain. and the ins dent that -- incident that led to a shelter in place.

good morning. i'm dave clark. >> i'm tori campbell. topping our news -- an early-morning house fire in martinez. it started a few hours ago on walnut street. ktvu's tara moriarty arrived on the scene a few minutes ago, right? >> reporter: that's right. the folks who live here string lights every holiday and a lot of folks come and look at them. so they are really upset and devastated for the family. this fire, you can sort of feel it in your lungs. it's so cold. it's sort of lingering on the ground. one family member was taken to the hospital to be treated for smoke inhalation. all made it out okay when the

fire broke out. >> as the water is starting to run down the hill, it's freezing. it's approximately 28 degrees. we're having the freeze and the ice and that's creating danger for our firefighters and residents in the area. >> reporter: some firefighters have slipped already. the salt trucks have arrived. this house is a complete loss. fire officials believe it started in the living room where the family had their wood stove burning. back here live you can see the water is still pouring down the street. one neighbor experienced flooding in their garage. so crews are sandbagging that graunkg. also still fighting this fire

here here---- also still fighting this fire here -- garage. they are still fighting the fire. back to you. a sheltner place was put in place -- shelter in place was put in place last night. there's reports after possible natural gas problem. police sealed off the streets and told residents to stay indoors. investigators later found out it was an electrical problem. that caused a brief power outage. however, investigators are saying the public was not in danger. 7:03. the bay area is waking up to freezing temperatures this morning, extremely chilly conditions set in overnight, dipping below freezing in some parts. steve paulson is tracking the colder temperatures. we'll get to him in a minute. first we go to christien kafton in livermore. >> reporter: good morning.

livermore, checking in as one of the cooler places in the bay area. my photographer, keith, and i had an informal bet about how cold it was going to get. he thought down to 23. i thought 22. looks like we were both round. temperatures are starting to rebound. 26. that's one degree warmer than when it was. so maybe the temperatures are just starting to warm up. chilly temperatures have prompted the national weather service. despite those temperatures which are now just starting to warm up, that freeze warning is expected to run through 8:00 this morning. it will not be unusual for people coming out to their cars to find frost or ice on their windshield. while that can be a little inconvenience, it's a signal that there could be a more serious problem and that's black ice, especially on the bridges and overpasses. sal castanedo is keeping a close eye on that. and we'll alert you to places

if that black ice has popped up. many people headed 0 work didn't expect it to -- headed to work didn't expect it to get this cold. >> i moved from baltimore, maryland. i hate the cold. i'm in california. i didn't bring any cold-weather clothes with me. i'm so cold. it's terrible. >> reporter: while we may not be getting east coast co, we're enduring a cold snap in the bay area. steve paulson has a look at the temperatures. >> temperatures really, really co. some of the numbers dumbing -- coming in via e-mail and tweet there's teens in mendocino county and lake county and clear skies. that's a given. some clouds are starting to increase on the north coast. that's a sign of a pattern change. fairfield was 19. they are now 20. a little puff of a breeze moved

in. oakland, 20. that 33 is at moffet. the freeze morning is in place for good morning. suffice it to say, it's the coldest morning of the season and highs will only be in the 40s. we'll have more on this coming up and hopefully we'll have some rain coming in here. back to you. >> thank you, steve. you can check the weather conditions at ktvu.com. you can also get the latest weather conditions to your phone at ktvu.com. 7:06. a man who carjacked three women in fairfield just got out of prison four days ago. police say this happened yesterda lot on north texas street. three women between 18 and 22 were sitting in their car when a man walked up, starting banging on the window and told

them to get out of the car. >> as soon as he started pounding the window, i said call 911! i was yelling at the guy, i have 911 dialed! get away! get away! >> the suspect jamal storms was later spotted in a stolen car on interstate 880. police followed him in sacramento. that's where he was arrested. he's now facing carjacking violation and patrol violations charges. the two suspects accused in the beating of bryan stow are due back in court. a plim hearing will be set for the two men. they are accused of attacking bryanstone -- a preliminary hearing will be set the -- set for the two men. they are accused of attacking

bryan stow. stow continues his recovery. the two presidential candidates went after mott in south carolina. >> mit, we need for you to release your -- mitt, we need for you to release your income tax record so the people here can see how much money you made [ cheers ] a new cnn poll shows president obama would be in a tight race against two top- election candidates if the election were held today. it wases mitt romney with 48% and -- it shows mitt romney with 48% and president obama 47%. if you are driving, if you are walking, if you are catching a bus, it's freezing cold. sal, have you to help people

get to where they are going. >> my friend davey, a dejair in the area, he had to warm up his -- deejay in the area, he had to warm up his car. as you drive off to the east shore freeway, you can see traffic is busy at the toll plaza. we do have -- have a little bit of a backup as you come up to the pay gates with no major problem. it's pretty typical. yesterday it was lighter. today it's not. looking at the south bay, los gatos, 85, right between 87 and let's say the saratoga exit, sunnyvale/saratoga road, you will see slow traffic and then it picks up for drive into

cupertino. 101 and 80 still looking good. let's did to steve. cold day. coldest day of the season. there are some teens up in men so dino county -- mento see know county, lake county. it will be a nice day, just not very warm. clouds are increasing to the north. a sign of things to come. but more likely tomorrow, not today. we might have to wait until thursday to get some rain in here. pope valley and napa is 13. sonoma is 2. i know our observer in middletown, 31. los gatos, vallejo, 26, there are a pickup of. fairfield was 19. they are now 20. napa 20. that's a record low, santa rosa, 23. i know the same out to rohnert

park. livermore, 26. san jose officially 31. their record is 30. but there's a bunch of 20s mott far away. you can see the -- not far away. you can see the clouds moving to the north. the marina green is cold. our observer said the dogs didn't like it. when have you a long stretch of dry weather, it's not the first system. it's what's behind that. and what's behind that is a lot of moisture. it will just take some time to juice things up around here. it does look better -- better or bullish for rain friday into the weekend. freeze warning out for another

hour. inland areas will struggle to get out of the upper 40s to low 50s. 52 morgan hill. 24 in morgan hill. redwood city, 52. clouds increase wade. we'll cloud it up and bring rain to the north and off and on for the weekend. wind will be a big story, too. >> thank you, steve. >> uh-huh. the first report on the effectiveness of ads by superpacks toker presidential race. and changes are coming to the mutual aid policy in the city of richmond. and going dark why the information website was -- website wikipedia will be shut down for 24 hours.

well, it's a beautiful

sunrise. temperatures, they are just really, really cold. types, 20s. it will be sunny, upper 40s, low 50s and increasing clouds tomorrow. >> thank you, steve. 7:15. last night's republican presidential debate put mitt romney on the defensive. but as alison burns reports from our washington, d.c. newsroom, a new poll this morning show he's widening his lead over the rest of the pack. alison? >> reporter: tori, that's right "the washington post" poll shows mitt romney now has a 2-1 lead over his closest competitors in a nationwide race and the candidates have a lot at stake on saturday in south carolina if they want to slow him down. rick santorum tripped him up on a question last night about felons and voting. >> do you believe that felons who have served interest tame who have exhausted their parole

and probation, should they be given the right to vote? >> governor, romney. >> first of all, as you know, the packs that run ads on various candidates -- >> i'm looking to an answer to the question first. >> newt gingrich also kept up his attacks on romney. he was the only candidate to get a big standing ovation last night. the candidates are also pressing mitt romney to release his tax return information. how he's answering that during my next update in about an hour. for now, we're live, alison burns, ktvu channel 2 news. ever notice how some people make a lot of mistakes? >> the millions of dollars spent on political ads are swaying voters. the study found the ads have more impact than personal appearances by candidates, some speeches or town hall meetings. super packs have already spent $10 million on cam pan ads and that's just in the -- campaign ads and that's just in the primary. the government has a new

goal for treating and preventing alzheimer's disease. the obama administration is creating the first national alzheimer's plan. by 2025, they want better treatment and better day-to- daycare for alzheimer's's patients. well, congress is back in session. lawmakers are coming back from their holiday visit. they were only able to agree on a temporary extension of the tax cuts before taking their holiday break. the lawmakers come back the day after the break saying 11% of -- 11% of the public thinks congress is doing a good job. the online encyclopedia, wikipedia, is one of several

rights protesting anti-piracy laws. critics say it will interfere with free peach and could hurt the tech industry. occupy protesters in monterey could soon be told to pack up their tents. right now, the city is allowing folks to pack up but only with a permit. the that permit expires on. and on friday, a group in the south bay plans an "occupy the court process." they say they want to send a message to the supreme court and congress regarding what they believe was a takeover of the corporations for donations. back to you. nurses at kaiser permanente hospitals coo stage a day one strike at the end of the month. that's if labor talks failed.

knew, the union which represents mental health worker. union leaders sel tell request the sacramento bee "they are discussing january 31st as a possible day. so far notices have been mailed out. santa clara county will launch a campaign about the dangers of the drug exfacy -- ecstasy. one in four teenagers have taken ecstasy at least once, according to a poll. the controversial number of deaths triggered this campaign. they will begin it with a documentary at 0:30 this morning. it's called "extraty, lives out of balance." it will talk about the myths and dangers of the drug. new video is offering clue into the apparent murder- suicide involving two children.

it started -- miss say a woman killed others before taking her own life. now investigators say she recorded video before she took lives and the video shows her smoking methamphetamine from a crack pipe. a lawsuit was filed back in 2007 for discrimination with the police department. the trial is expected to last until april. also tonight, richmond city council is set to vote on a resolution that would allow the police chief to turn down mutual aid -- and mutual aid.

7:0. well, critics of high-speed rail questioning some of the financial projections made by supporters of bullet trains. now, the price tag for california's proposed bullet train has soared to almost $100 billion. but high-speed rail supporters say it will cost $171 billion to build new airports and roads if the bullet train project is not completed. some experts say that number is exaggerated. all right. 7:21. a lot of people in the bay area waking up to freezing temperatures. up next -- meteorologist, steve paulson, will tell us where it's the coldest and how the pending rain storm is shaping up. and there is a new warning if you like to walk around headphones. what an emergency room doctor wants you to know about that.

traffic will be slow in the bay. we'll give you a south bay update and have a look at the rest of the bay area as well.

it is 7:24. a popular accessory among pedestrians is being called a threat to their safety. according to a study by the university of maryland, e.r. physicians say deaths among pedestrians wearing headphones have tripled in the last six years. one doctor says pedestrians who wear headphones are missing life-saving warnings like sirens or horns hoinkging. he says -- honking. he says we are a distracted society and people need to be aware of their surroundings. a bat of wi-fi is heating up in the russian area. a group is suing trying to limit exposure of radio waves. the law claims the antenna

behind sewas sebastopol will be harmful. they want that equipment not to be installed. we want to check in with sal on the roads. hopefully, not any problems. >> i have to do something here. i am just putting an -- okay. there is a new crash in san francisco on 2 -- at allegheny boulevard at condin, which is right next to 280 near alamany. it's a motorcycle crash. the fire department is on the way. ail -- allmanny -- alamamy is pretty busy. this is near mission street. i want to move the maps. i want to go to the live

pictures. let's go to highway 237 and get there. 237, stop and go. also slow in other parts of san jose, 85 is getting slow. 17 is getting show -- is getting slow. it's pretty robust. now let's if to steve. all right, sal. thank you. cold, cold. he's near -- 17 degrees. 17 lots of types an 20s. it's clear, it will be a nice day. it's just cold. a lot of record lows. i know seris in there, napa, concord, oakland airport, 29. 29 at the oakland airport. officially it's 34. for the city, i saw the 35. it's cold. it's cold. san jose was close to a record low. i know 30 is the record.

i don't know if they dipped that car but they dipped close. sunny and cool today, freeze warn something out for another little while. but then we'll start to warm up. if you are in the sun, in the shade it will be really cold. pacifica half moon bay to santa cruz will be the warmest. rain in the north bay hope by -- north bay. hopefully by thursday night the rain makes it in. windy and off and on rain as we go into the weekend. how sheriff rock mirkarimi spent the hoyle and days before before these allegation. one couple is happy to be back at home instead of spending time on that cruise

ship survivor. also, an east bay crash during the night. why some say it was an accident waiting to happen. plan

it is 7:30. new this morning, italian media is now reporting five more bodies have been recovered from the costa concordia cruise

ship. that now brings the death toll from friday's disaster to 11. 24 others are still missing. this move's discovery comes hours after italian officials recovered a second black box belonging to the cruise ship. allie rasmus joins us live from sfo with more on the california couple who narrowly avoided this disaster. >> good morning, alley. >> reporter: good morning. they were celebrating their 41st many on board of -- many on board the -- anniversary on the ship. they were supposed to disembark in barcelona but they got off on rome. they weren't on ship -- on the ship when it capsized.

>> my first impression was -- that captain there doesn't care about anybody but himself. >> reporter: this is new video we got into the newsroom moments after the cruise wrecked. this is infrared video from the aircraft flying above the bow. those little black dots, those were passengers rushing. dive teams and italian coast guard crews still have a lot of work to do. they are still on that capsized ship looking for survivors, looking for crews -- clues about what went wrong. they have found a second black box recording on the boat that should give investigators more information about what went wrong. 20 are still unaccounted for. allie rasmus, ktvu channel 2 news. >> we have new video showing

the damage left to the costa concordia underwater. this video comes from the italian coast guard. we're also learning about the evacuation process for passengers. a new audio recordings and the ship's captain can be heard about making exes about why he should not return to the -- excuses about why he should not return to the ship. a union pacific train crashed into a car last night around midnight on 25th avenue near 23. tash 23rd. the one person driving was only -- near 23rd. that one person driving, apparently hemy is -- he missed the warning and kept driving

through. three men charged with the death of a biker will be back in court. one of the things -- a member of the vasco gang is accused of firing the shoit that killed jethro pity -- shot that killed jethro pettigrew. his murder trial is expected to pea bin in october -- expected to begin in october. police say a man was walking his dog around 5:30 sunday evening near bennett and fifth avenues. one of the boys estimated to be about 12 reportedly pulled out a handgun and pointed it at the man demanding money. the victim was taken to the

hospital for treatment. san francisco's new sheriff is now scheduled to be arraigned on thursday on criminal charges stemming from accusations he physically abused his wife. our camera got up with sheriff rock mirkarimi as a martin luther king day breakfast yesterday morning. he received a well warm welcome from his the crowd. >> keep in mine about what occurs here. it's not my duty to take the charges from the district attorney. i have 0 have my own review. >> that was mayor ed lee. the charges stem from an alleged fight with his wife on new year's eve. both mayor mirkarimi and his wife deknew the charges.

we're now learning that lopez used twitter and denounced violent woman. it warned woman of the usual increase in mosquito doe that dash in mosquitoes. a baby gray whale stranded on the salinas river state beach was not able to be saved. a whale was found yesterday morning by someone walking on the beach. officials at the marine plannal say this was about a 15-foot long -- the marine -- at the

marine mammal say this was about a 15-foot mammal. 7:36. in just a couple of hours, caltrans will release new details about next month's bay bridge closure over the president's day weekend. right now, we know the westbound deck of the bridge will be closed beginning at 8:00 p.m. friday, february 17th. it will reopen on friday. the lower deg of the bay bridge will -- the lower deck of the bay bridge will knoll. >> that can be a big deal. >> yeah. hey, sal, are you still watching something? you were wornting on some things the last time we saw

you. we're following an accident very near mission and 2le 0 -- 280. let's put it up on the maps here. if you are driving on alamany made area, condin is in the myth district. there is an injury medical crash just outside the bernal heights. engine 32 is there. entwin 42. the police are there as well. they are looking for a traffic veaf to head out to the scene, where we've had -- where we've

had some toddlers -- toddlers -- toddlers. highway 4, bay point, you are gonna see some slow traffic this morning. mostly in antioch. nice, clear, picture at 7:38. let's go to steve. any minute we to warm up. there is another chance of a sea breeze tomorrow. that might happen. we'll fine tune a sign of times to come. unless you are right over

by the coast and then i think you'll get mostly sunny skies 0 fairfield. they were down to 19. napa that's a record low. santa rosa is a record slow, -- low, 29 at the oakland firefighter the clouds will continue to race to the north. they will -- and they will stay there. then i think on thursday it will tart to drop ol. out -- today it's just sunny and cool. there's less of a breeze.

there is a pek for the bay area, i think -- there is a partly cloudy sky for the bay area. rain before, during or after the game. we'll get to that on friday. upper 40s, low 50s. 49 in antioch today. it will be really cole. 54 in morgan hill. this morning, lindsay lohan

is due back in court for a probation update. lohan is required to tell the judge how she is following her new probation require meants. this includes community service and psychotherapy sexes. a spokesperson said she's made her -- may her appearance her number one priority. el ton john's honey is i -- elton john's reportedly angry a saying the sipinger had no chance of winning the word. yop's hatchen, a -- day -- saying the singer had no chance of winning the word.

stocks on the rise on the signs that europe's debt crisis remains resilient. the dow is up 116. the nasdaq is up 26. s&p is up 9. google and facebook is asking the highest court in india to flow out charges against them for spreading discord.

google companies say the company cannot control what witnesses are used by users. gangs of scalpers are trying to snag some customers of their own in front of apple's flagship store in beijing. this is video of a scalper trying to sell an iphone 4-s to a woman working -- working with a cnn cameraman. the seller tries to block the camera saying he bought the phone in beijing even though the -- even though the new

price is mott sold their yet. today is michelle obama '48th birthday. she was born january 17th, 1964 in chicago. now, the white house hasn't told us yet how the president and first lady will celebrate her birthday. but in years past, they have managed to sneak out of the white house for a quiet -- quiet dinner at a restaurant in washington, d.c. later this afternoon, president obama and the first lady will welcome the 2011 world series champions st. louis cardinals to the white house. the president and flade will recognize the efforts by the cardinals to give back to their community. that's a tradition the president started to honor sports teams for their efforts both on and off the field. the united states now urging south korea to redugs crude oil imports from iran. this is part of an effort to put diplomatic pleasure on its allies to increase the sanctions

on iran south korea relies on iran for about 10 mrs of its oil supplies -- about 10% of its oil supplies. a sacramento mom is facing child neglect charges after police say she left her two children out mountain cold so she could drink and eat at mcdonald's. police say they found two kids hiding in some bushes on sunday. an officer waited with the kids until their mother rushed.

when she finally did, the officers shy weigh -- she was intoxicated. and in southern california, a 1 -- a 1-year-old boy sed someone in the chest and killed him. this happened in san diego county. the newspaper reports the boy had been undergoing treatment for anger management. the search for a missing colorado man has made a grewsome discovery. george degrassio was reported missing near his family. his car was found near a movie theater and they searched the area. on sunday, his body was found inside the movie theater's bathroom. authorities say the 66-year-old died of a heart attack.

>> police say the movie theater had been locked until someone smelled a bad odor. 7:49. a san francisco landmark made its latest tv debut. last night, the mu fox tv show "alcatraz" -- the new fox tv show "alcatraz" made its debut. during the premiere party, we talked to some of the real-life characters that make up the history of alcatraz. that includes armed bank robber, luke. he went there trying to escape. most of the film is produced in

san francisco. they sea alcatraz has a lot of mystery and there's no better place to shoot. "alcatraz" airs monday nights at 9:00 p.m. right here -- right here on ktvu channel 2. nine minutes before 8:00. developing news from the golden gate. another angry man shows up to take back a brick he donated 20 years ago. and when the 9er tickets will go on sale.

a dim mow licks project -- a demolition project at the bay bridge is leading to anger for those who purchased bricks 5

years ago. the district says they need to tear down the brick walkway to accommodate people with disabilities. we went to the bridge and found these two men who brought pour tools to -- prower tools -- power tools. the bridge will feature a wall with names who worked on it. if they catch anyone trying to remove the bricket -- a brick, they will kick that person off the report -- property. the focus now turns to the british academy award. nom nags were allowed during the night -- nominations were allowed during the night.

golden gate state warriors, stephen curry will probably miss the came today against the cleveland kava years but he also want be going to the -- miss the game today against the cleveland cav la years but he also won't be -- he wants to go to the next summer olympics 2016. tickets for the game at candlestick park go on for tomorrow. but you have a chance to get four tickets for free. jed york sent out a tweet yesterday. he says, 9er faithful, let me

know why i should give you four tickets plus pregame field passes to the n fch c championship. best answer today at -- nfc championship. best answer today at 4:00 at 4 partly cloudy. on stubhub prices range $30 all the way up to $30,000 for one set. beater be a darned good seat. once again, the 49ers will host the playoffs on thursday. kickoff is at 3:30, you can see the game right here at channel 2. steve's been telling us the weather may not be that great. it will probably be colder. >> should i put a capital j for

j -- jed york. okay. 7:56. let's check in with sal and see what's happening around the toll plaza. it's going to be busy today. pretty slow traffic. yesterday was light. today is not. have he -- it's very slow. this moving on 880 we're begying to see traffic as well. you can see how slow it there. you can he dash you can he the taj -- the traffic in the south bay is backed up. >> let's if to steve? >> goomp. well, i just had a nice, funny e-mail. sea -- they said we're -- good morning. well, i just had a nice, funny e-mail from a comum from

minnesota. they say there's not a hoff difference. >> even into lake county can. it will be a beautiful day. head ever to the coast because the -- head over to the coast. increasing clouds i think start tomorrow. -- tar dash we'll start to usher in some rain. the pattern has changed. it's really cold for us. sunny and cold. just heard from angie up in yountville. >> there are many, many, many. fairfield, made it down to 19. napa made it down to 29. 29 at the eackd airport pie the way was a record low. there are if -- there were a

lot of increase -- incring clouds. if upper 40s and low 50s by the time this arrives, i think thursday will athat dash latino the came for sunny, told, forecasted highs, upper 40s,ge low suspect -- i think sunday will be sunny and we'll have forecasted highs mountain upper 40s. an early-morning home ravages a home in martinez. we'll tell you why some quick thinking last night could have saved all of the meam's -- fall's life.

family's lives.

>> reporter: we're on walnut -- on walnut street. this is a very famous house here because every christmas they string lies. joe hands out candy canes to the kid.

fire officials say the fire started from a pellet stove burning was last my. >> it was just devastating to bach the home burn. the whole house blew up instantly. it was like somebody poured gasoline in it. we barely made it out. caught the side of the house on fire where i have all of my christmas stuff stored. caught fire over there and it worked hard the -- toward the house. >> it's okay, joe. >> reporter: all five made it out safely. fire crews are battling heavy smoke since it's below freezing. the smog clung to the ground making it harder to breathe.

you can see, the water froze on the ground, making it very slippery for manufacture firefighters. as we mentioned -- for firefighters. as we mentioned, everybody did make it out okay. one person was transferred to the hospital for smoke inhalation. two bay area teachers accused of sexually assaulting students are both scheduled to be arraigned today. last thursday, 38-year-old union city high school teacher peter kolestikoff was arrested in hayward. police say he started a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old student in march of 2011 when she was 16. they say there may have been more victims and are recommending parents talk to their children about the arrest. a granada high school teacher, marie johnson, is accused of evacuate a sexual relationship with a former student when he was 14. johnson was original -- originally scheduled to be arraigned on friday bau it was

delayed -- but it was delayed for unknown reasons. it's extremely cold out there. be careful driving out there because of possible black ice. steve paulson is tracking automaticle -- all of the temperatures. let's check in with christian calfton first. how bad is it out there? >> reporter: we've been monitorrering the temperature. it's been holding steady for about the last hour or so. we watched temperatures this morning. it dipped down to about 25, was the toldest that we saw this morning. as you said, those chilly temperatures here in livermore and around the bay area, prompted the weather service to issue that freeze warning. it wasn't hard to find frost on windows around the bay area. that could be an inconvenience for drivers. the more serious issue, of

course, when you see frost on windows is black eyes on -- ice on the roadways. sal cass cass's been keep -- sal castanedo has been keeping an eye on that. people here in livermore and around the bay area bundled up. most people say today's cold snap really caught them offguard. >> it's been so cold. you never know when it will hit around here. we get a little bit. it's okay. >> reporter: temperatures again holding steady here at 26 degrees, just starting to warm you. steve paulson keeping an eye on temperatures throughout the bay area. we can expect some things to warm up. >> reporter: thearkt. upper 40s, low 50s. a great photo just came up on ice in the sand dunes.

there have been some very cold temperatures. clear today but very, very cold. there were a lot of teens, 20s and for good reason. it was just -- air mass was in place -- was in place from that system. the wind died down. we'll start to warm up but really cold for us here this morning. really cold. sunny, cool by noon and then mostly sunny by 4:00 today. also i will take our away from the cold and see if we can get some rain in here for our regular segment. let's go back to tori. here is a reminder -- you can go check for all weather conditions at ktou.com. you can also have the mobile devices to do it. just sign up at ktvu.com. joseph naso is dmaurnled -- charged of killing four

california women and police in heels burg want to know if naso was connected to a 30-year-old homicide says there. investigators say they found a journal in naso's home that referred to a girl near hillsborough. a woman's body was -- was found there in the 1980s. police are in the process of conducting dna tests. we're expecting to learn more today about the criminal case against the warmer marine and iraq war veteran accused of killing four homeless men in southern california. the roundcy is homing a conference at 11:00 this morning to discuss the charges against o'campo. police arrested him on friday night after investigators say he stabbed -- the authorities had basically been -- basically

make it looks like i'm a criminal and monster. >> his father adds his did return to iraq play in a much barker -- in iraq returned to a much darker place. students will be having the first meal of the day and will be given thed into right at the meal of their first class. this will be rolled out to nine more high schools and ten middle schools this year. ged idea. >> yes. >> it is 8:09. we want to check in with sal, keeping a close eye on the commute. >> there is a problem on b.a.r.t., tori and dave. i just got off the phone with

b.a.r.t. central. there was some sort of police activity at the coliseum. the trains are backed up on the dublin and fremont line on b.a.r.t. westbound bay bridge, it's a 25 to 30-minute delay. no major problems. and this morning on interstate 880, if you are driving on the coliseum approach, northbound 880 is pretty slow getting up past the coliseum. i want to show you something on the internet here. steve just sent me this picture of -- on twitter of snow at ocean beach. someone sent this picture to steve. you can see that right there. >> that's snow in the sand at ocean beach. >> it's frost. >> frost. >> at ocean beach. >> okay. >> i just came across twitter.

it's going viral, ags the kids would say. let's if to you, steve. thank you, very much. when you get ice on the beach at ocean beach. just -- i just heard from joanne sangrigoria. she said water pipes are frozingen. -- are frozen. a lot of teens this morning. mendocino county,lake county, there was even 13 in pope valley. 21 kenwood, oakmont. 17 at turock in petaluma. 17 to 25, around there. >> 29 at oakland airport was a record low. 24 -- 20 down to napa was a record low.

hayward. i don't think san jose did. the word was 30. i saw 31. they had a row an ukiah, redding, cue iyaw -- redding. >> the freeze warning, i think it's ended. and these clouds start to work their way into northern california tonight, tomorrow and then hopefully it will sweep south inform to give us main. it's going to be a very, very cool day unless you are right along the water's edge. monterey may not be too bad. mid-50s there. a lot of cool temperatures there. clouds increase on wednesday and then the rain increases on thursday. it may take longer to get to

san francisco, oakland concord. it does look like friday into the weekend, we will have off and on an rain will be picking is -- off and on rain and it will be picking up from there. you consider waste spending. i consider -- i consider your pending -- spending waste. a man stranded for days on a mountaintop. did he make it out alive?

right now we're looking at the freeway, very slow near the coliseum. and also b.a.r.t. have just finished up police activity at the coliseum b.a.r.t. station. a very unusual site, look at this, at an east way b.a.r.t. station. search and dogs rescue training. the organization provides k-9 resources all over the state to find missing people and they say exposing those dogs to different senator joes is -- scenarios is very important. >> the more and more you can

get them out acclimating them to the noise and -- it's a better opportunity. it provides a better foundation. >> last year the volunteer organization reuponned to 74 missing call -- responded to 74 missing calls. 8:16. there are four days left until the south carolina presidential primary. the republican presidential candidates who want to take away the lead from mitt romney are running out of time. alison burns reports one candidate seemed to generate enthuse -- the most enthusiasm. alison? >> reporter: newt gingrich seems to have the most coming out of the race. he said last night he would not drop out of the race when he -- if he loses the south carolina primary. he did get a standing ovation after defending his comment that the -- that president

obama is the food stamp president. >> we think this is terrible for the country. >> reporter: other contenders tried to put him on the defensive. rick perry demand the multimillionaire release his income taxes. >> mitt, we need for you to release your income taxes. so the people can see how you made your money. [ cheers ] >> mitt romney said he might release it in april. he said -- they said release it now if he has nothing to hide. a cnn poll out shows president obama will be -- would in a tight race against presidential candidates if the race were held today.

romney, 48%. obama, 47%. that's within the statistical error. and a review by the associated press shows million of dollars spent on all of those political campaign ads are swaying voters. former tennis star matt velander is in the hospital. he fell. he's being treated for a laceration to one of his kidneys. he fell right on the eve of the australian open at his apartment. according to the spokesman for his company, internal bleeding stopped but he will be out of

commission for a while. 8:19. a man stranded for three days on washington's mt. rain near is back with his -- mount rainer is back with his family. he slid down a sleep slope. he radioed the group and told them he would meet them farther down the trail. when the group returned to the parking lot without kim, park rangers began a search and they found him alive yesterday. >> what i call -- they are just tears everywhere in the world. it's just happy night --

happiness. kim is an experienced hiker and was well equipped for a day but was not carrying overnight gear. they are expecting more snow in 48 hours. >> wow. all right. 8:20. new research out this morning on baby talk. yeah. why quality time with parents can be critical as the child learns to talk as it grows up. if you are driving in the south bay, you are see -- you will see most of the roads are crowded just like this one. we'll tell you more about the south bay and also a new problem for the north bay just popped up. the word is swapportunity.

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there is a new study that claim mimicking is very important to teaching babies how to talk. researchers at florida atlanta university -- it's okay -- university say that starting around six months old, instead of looking into the eyes of people talking to them, babies start looking at their mouths. once babies master the lip movement several months later they switch back to looking at eyes. researchers say it's more evidence that qaumty face time with your baby is very important for speech

development -- quality time with your baby is very important for speech development. >> one begins to perhaps suspect that there may be, may be something wrong here. >> this research says parents really don't need to do anything differently because most of the time they are making eye contact and speak and enunciating naturally. >> interesting. all right. we want to check in with sal. >> there is a brand-new -- actually, 15 minutes old, a crash here in benicia near glen cove. this is causing the huge traffic jam. several of the -- several of the lanes are blocked here. so give yourself plenty of time. chp is on the scene their golden gate communications center.

as we move the maps to the san ramon area. 680 spnd at el costa boulevard, just sent the -- 6 0. at el costa boulevard. let's take a look at live pictures. the bay bridge is crowded, about a 15-minute wait. also, this morning in the south bay we've had some slow traffic. 280 very slow. 8:5. let's go to -- 8:25. let's go to steve. we're tarting to warm off these clouds. today will still be sunny and sinny. forecast the really cold. a lot of 10s -- teens, 0s. prody capedders who is a matcher i know, he runs about 30 head of cattle.

19 degrees. othere were a lot of teens there. sunny and cool, pr mostly cloudy -- f.m. we're warming up -- we're warming up. we're getting there. the cloitdz that will take aim at the north coast could produce almost a rain of rain. i tone think they there will be any raining or -- forecasted highs today, upper 40s, low 50s unless you are on the coast. if it's just too darned cold, head over to the coast. now, tomorrow increasing clouds could be -- could be some rain and then another system comes in on saturday. it's cold this morning. it was a nervous night in pacific nights -- heights. the underground incident that led to a shelter in place.

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they are blasting homes through the hole of that ship in italy to make the search easier and there's growing scrutiny about the captain of the ship. allie rasmus joins us live. she's at sfo with a california couple who met the ship's captain and what they are saying about him. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the couple is from right outside of modesto. they were on board the ship celebrating their 41st wedding anniversary. today they are very glad to be back on dry land. they were in sfo. they spent time on the ship but they changed their plans in the middle of the crews. they were supposed to disembark in barcelona but they got off early in rome. so they were not on board when the ship, shipwrecked. the man we met described the

captain as somewhat nar sa cystic and -- narrsasiistic and arrogant. >> the stories they were telling, unbelievable. all they had were the clothes on their -- on their back. >> this is video of the moment after the shipwrecked. it was nighttime. this is infrared video. you can see the boat looks like it's lop sided and the black dots, those are the passengers rushing to get on lifeboats. the generators were out. it was pitch black. a very scary situation for a lot of the passengers on board. dive teams and crews still have a lot of work to do. they are still on that capsized ship. this morning they were looking

for survivers, repelling -- rappelling from the top of the ship. they've found a second black box recording. they've also unfortunately found the bodies of more people who did not survive this wreck. at least 20 others are still missing. we also have new video showing underwater damage to the cruise ship. look at your screen. the italian cruiseship gave us the video we're also learning more about the process. on new audio recordings the captain can be heard about making excuses about why he should return to the ship even as passengers were evacuated. italian prosecutors are qefing -- are questioning that captain today. overnight, a union pacific train smashed into a car. it happened near 23rd and no

one was hurt. the young woman driving was own i -- was the only person in the car. there are no guardrails or red flashing lights along the train tracks. dreesh -- the driver missed the warning and kept missing through. overnight san francisco police police neighborhood. lived a shelter in place for the heights neighborhood. an underground vault caused a brief power outage but investigators say the public was not in danger. vallejo police searching for two teenagers and a 12-year- old.accused of attacking a man. police say the man was talking

-- was walking his dog sunday evening near bennett and fifth street. one of the boys said to be about 12 years old, reportedly pulled pout a gun and demanded his money. suspect's new sheriff is now scheduled to be arraigned on thursday on criminal charges stepping from accusations he physically abused his life. our cameras caught up with sheriff rock mirkarimi right there at a martin luther king friday mooing. on friday, the sheriff was charmed with med -- charged with domestic violence. both mirkarimi and his wife deny the charges. also, we're now learning that mirkarimi's wife used twitter to denounce the voes --

the indicy dent -- ins dense. incident. the form ven venezuelain' a map who allegedly car scracked three pop people, a man allegedly carjacked three other people. he started to bang on the window and said get out of the/! the woman -- get out the win

toe. >> the suspect was later spotted in a stolen car onle 80 in vac ka-fo. police followed him to sacramento where lebonese accused. he's facing several charges. 8:36. the two suspects in the meet -- in the beating case of bryan stow are due back in a courtroom this morning. bryan stow coning his recovery at a south bay rehab center. change in store. -- changes in muni. they were trying to remove

pocks that attracted criminal aing for a while. prosecutors want to know if this is a that tash this is a camp could for interest it -- if this is crime. as we told you last week, school officials say viruses had been detected in a campus computer lab. student day. p school is urging those to change passwords m. 8:38. hey, sal things are really picking up out there, aren't they, on the road? >> i want to show you a picture of one of the twitter followers

who september me, that he had on alam my. this is the overcrossing -- alamany. this is the overcrossing. you see the police and fire department there. i also want to go back to my maps here and so you -- and show you there was a sig-alert at 680. this block is still prosing -- crossing lanes. in san ramon. there was twa -- live pictures of theback toll plaza. >> san jose if you are driving on not good. 85 is slow from 87 all the way into saraer to ga -- saratoga. about well, come to steve. thank you to everybody froms --

chris and city and all of the observers and here. e-mailed some great information and it was all cold. 20s, 30s, and record lows rock did the account -- crockett czeched in. that's cold -- clerked in. that's cold for crockett. hey war, low -- crockett. i've seen almost a foot of rain projected. it doesn't look like it will make it here until thursday for us. tomorrow we'll get increasing clouds. really cool for you. sunny -- sunny and cool and then the warmer weather em 40 now in the city. heat wave. 32 in oakland. 29 oakland airport. san jose made it to 31.

but the record -- the record slow is 30. tirm, 29. 29 -- san rafael, 29. a bend in the clouds, it will take another day before it gets closer to here. sunny and cold. not bad by the mid coast. we will see increasing clouds and then it looks to be the rain arrives on thursday, maybe afternoon or evening for the san jose area. maybe thursday evening. pacifica 54 which will be warmer than many locations. a lot of low 50s. these are below average.

we should at 6. thursday afternoon here. and then friday, windy conditions very winy and blustery on -- and raw saw on sun. sno nineteen minutes before 8:00 -- nineteen minutes before 8:00 -- 9:00. and new clues regarding a tragedy that involves fire. -dad, why are you getting that? -that's my cereal.

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markets were closed yesterday for the martin luther king day holiday. right now, numbers are higher. the chinese believe the government may move to stimulate growth. the s&p topping 1300 for the first time since august 1st. taking a live look at the big board, the dow is up 120 and the nasdaq is up 29. s&p is up 11. right at that 1300 mark.

san francisco-based virgin america airline is not likely to make a profit again this quarter. and that's fine with richard bran son, the company's owner. but it will continue to add roots and hire 500 new employees a year. one analyst agrees. a local company is showing a new way to fight foreclosures in blight with the successful home buy-back program. in 2005, a family, the gates, bought their home for $450,000. a few years later, they were paying $3400 on an interest- only loaned a the -- and the value dropped dramatically.

waypoint homes has over 700 properties, mainly in contra costa and solano county. many experts think large-scale investors will play an important role in keeping houses occupied so they don't -- so they don't contribute to blight. boy, you know, it's cole -- it's cold you drivers, you may see -- you drivers this morning, you may see black ice. a freeze warning will be back in effect later tonight. reports from italy this morning say the cruiseship death toll from the cost a -- costa concord yaw has reached to -- concordia has reached to

seven. tara moriarty is live with more. >> reporter: the woman who lives in this house actually sarked the -- saved the batteries in the smoke detectors last night. if the alarms didn't go off exactly when they did, they may not be available. flames broke out at 4:00 this morning at the home off walnut street. a very famous house in this area. that's because every christmas they string thousands of

lights. >> it's taken a toll on me. we lost everything. we have nothing. we don't know what we're gonna do. we're old. we just -- my granddaughter, we all got out alive. >> reporter: all five people did make it out safely. joe's son suffered smoke inhalation and since he sufficient ers from asthma, he was taken to the hospital -- suffers from asthma, he was taken to the hospital for a precaution. we have noticed people driving pie. new video give us more clues into the apparent murder- suicide involving two young children in the central valley. now, it happened sunday at a fresno apartment complex. police say a 23-year-old woman killed her two young children

and a cousin, then took her own life. now investigators say the mother recorded video with her ipad just hours before all of that violence. investigators say the video shows the -- shows the mother smoking methamphetamine. occupy protesters in monterey could soon be toll they have to pack up their tents. right now the city is allowing protestifiers to camp out at a local park but only with a per mit and that permit run -- permy and that permit runs out on friday. on friday, a group in the south bay plans an occupy the court protest. they want to send a message to the supreme court and congress to gee gin -- begin what they call a corporate takeover of the united states. this month, the u.s. boarder patrol is changing the way it deems with illegal immigrants caught crossing the

border from mexico to the u.s. in the past, most people caught entering in the u.s. would simply doctors the -- cross the border. now the u.s. border patrol wants to hand out more difficult consequences or at least make it difficult for a person to make a seack attempt -- a quick attempt. today a bay area world war veteran will be honored were a long overdue and prestigious award. karl clark will receive the commendation medal. he was one of six after am sailors on board the uss air rip ward when it was attacked. -- when it was attacked -- ward when it was attacked by

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8:54. the government has an ambitious new goal for treating and

preventing alzheimer's's disease. the obama administration is creating the first national alzheimer's's plan. by the year -- alzheimer's plan. by the year 2025, they want better treatment and day-to- daycare. an estimated 5.4 million americans have alzheimer's or similar forms of dplen shaw -- dementia. more people are going out to the golden gate bridge to retrieve commemorative bricks they purchased 25 years ago. now, bridge district officials say they need to tear up all of those bricks to accommodate people with disabilitileses. this morning -- disabilities. this morning we found two men with power tools trying to remove their brick. >> i understand they have to make it a handy -- make did -- make it handicap accessible. this is year. i was up here yesterday. and there's a lot of people that want bricks.

they are gonna just bulldoze them and destroy them. i'm here to pick it up. >> now, demolition of the walkway could start today. they plan to build a wall featuring all of the names indescribed on the brick -- in- - inscribed on the brick. burger king is trying out delivery. burger king has special packages to keep sandwiches hot and to keep fries from getting soggy. if the program is successful, they could start delivering home delivery in other parts of the country. one catch, have you to live within ten minutes of a burger king store. today, one lucky viewer will win two tickets to the u.s. figure skating championships. for the first time in more than

15 years, the to enter -- championships, for the first time in more than 15 years. go to. website and ender salchow. do you know what this is? it's a backjump. it's named after a swedish -- >> now i know. >> yes, i now i -- now i know. sal you know about the commute. traffic is gonna be -- >> traffic is gonna be slow in the south bay. getting a workout on this tuesday that feels like a monday for a lot of people. let's go to the maps. still cleaning it up at glen cove. a cash at 680 southbound. somewhat nearby. not all of that close. westbound bay bridge backed up for about a 15 to 20-minute delay. and traffic on the bridge evens

out in the city. let's go to steve. chilly. we had teen, 20s. it's sunny now. we'll have sunshine ta. 40s and 50s. warmest temperatures will be on the coast. winy on friday. it does look rather unsettled on the weekend. i wind and rain. >> it's comin'. well, that's our report for this morning. thank you for trusting ktvu channel 2 news. we'll see you the next time the news breaks. >> join us for the news at noon. we're always here for you at ktvu.com. thank you for joining us.