notices today? a strong winter storm is about to wreak havoc on air travel. how much would you pay for the hottest ticket in town. we'll tell you the going rate for this weekends playoff game in san francisco. when they go on sale when ktvu morning news continues. good morning. thank you for joining us. it's wednesday, january 18th i'm pam cook. >> and i'm dave clark. let's check weather and traffic. here is steve. >> we do have cold readings out there. not as cold as yesterday. a lot more 30s but there are 20s. it will be mostly sunny to the south. partly cloudy to the north as this system is working its way in. it's way to the north. highs today in the 50s. a few upper 50s toward the santa clara valley. here is sal. good morning. traffic is moving well on highway 24. the traffic is moving along relatively well as you drive

through there. also the morning commute looks good in san jose along northbound 280. now at 6:00 let's go back to the desk. sal, thank you. happening now a boater who had been missing for almost 24 hours is now in the hospital this morning. now he left the alviso marina around 8:30 yesterday morning. a rescue helicopter found him, pulled him out of the water several hours ago this morning. he was very cold. shivering quite a bit. overall he seems to be in good shape. his grandfather expected him to come back last night. when he didn't show up, that is when the search started. the boaters described -- the boater is described as a military veteran. around midnight crews heard gunfire from the water but they couldn't figure out exactly where it was coming from. they believe it was the boater firing off a distress signal. we have new information for bay area travelers heading to the northwest this morning.

alaska airline have canceled dozens of its early morning flights in and out of the seattle and portland airports. that is due to the worst snowstorm in 25 years. we just checked with the bay area airports, the northwest storm has already forced the cancellation of one flight from sfo to seattle. could be more consolations at bay area airports this morning. so as things get busy during the next few hours. be sure to check ahead. 1500 layoff notices go out today in the city of oakland. fewer than 200 people are actually expected to lose their jobs. ktvu claudine wong is joining us live to explain all of this. and why the city is sending out so many notices. what is going on? >> reporter: this comes to -- comes down to deadlines and rules. there is a deadline when you have to notify people they could be on this list. they have to give them ten days. why 1500. there are also rules on sin

yourty. so really almost half the city 3,000 work force will get a notice today. although fewer than 200 people expected to lose their jobs. this is all happening of course because of the states decision to desolve the redevelopment agencies. for the city of oakland that equates to about $30 million. in terms of jobs, that means 159 full-time employees. most of those people are in the city's redevelopment agency. the city of oakland has one of the most activity agent cities in the state. the only people in the city the only departments not getting layoff notices today will be police and firefighters. so what happens next? these notices let people know they could be on the list. they will mattock thatn't the actual cuts and specific positions that will be eliminated. february 1st the funds go away and so do the jobs. in the meantime the city has asked each department head to oppose 5% reduction so they can

prioritize services. this will be a painful couple weeks in what has been called an across the board realignment. live here in oakland claudine wong. the online encyclopedia has shut down its website for the day. the 24 hour block yacht is in protest of antipiracy legislation. all their big websites are also taking part. coming up at 6:13 we will go live to our washington, d.c. bureau to hear how the online protests are working to kill legislation. time 6:03. vice president joe biden comes to san francisco this morning for political fund raise -- fundraising. a luncheon will be held at 11:30. tickets range from $2500 to $10,000. this is raising money for the obama for reelection fund as well as the democratic national committee. the vice president's wife jill biden will be in the bay area.

she will visit the va palo alto trauma center. she will also be at a technology center called apps for heros. besides those tickets the hottest tickets in town actually for the biggest 49ers game in years and they go on sale in a few hours. tara moriarty joins us from san francisco. >> reporter: if you want a chance to have a front row seat to cheer on the red and gold, you will need quite a bit of green on places like stub hub the average price for a ticket more than $600. after last weeks nail biter against the new orleans saints, 49er fans are clambering for tickets. now at 10:00 this morning season ticketholders will get first dibs on seats. 66,000 of them. anything leftover will go on

sale at 1:00 this afternoon. >> it's exciting. what can i say. i can't believe it. >> reporter: long time coming. >> yeah. harbaugh has done a great job. it's unbelievable what he has done with the organization. the jets are coming here. yeah. it's lined up for us. >> reporter: 49ers officials want to remind desperate fans not to fall prey to counterfeiters. some ticketholders may opt to sell their tickets. it will -- a good ticket could pay for more than half of next years season tickets. this is one game that die hards definitely don't want to miss. live in san francisco i'm tara moriarty. >> don't worry ktvu has you covered. we start with return to glory at 2:00 p.m.. the fox pregame show at 3:00 and kickoff at 3:30. and we'll see you again after the game with a special edition

of point after. big day. >> that's right. 6:06. sal is here. what's happening at the toll plaza? >> right now traffic is busy, dave if you are driving to the toll plaza. it's not stop and go. you can see more people showing up. some of those lanes are beginning to get a little crowded. don't be too worried about it. also the morning drive looks good on interstate 880 in oakland. both directions approaching the coliseum. we have been watching chp activity. there is not a lot going on here. you can see the traffic is moving along very nicely. the morning drive looks good in the south bay as we look around. northbound 10 or southbound 101 there is a crash on the shoulder. let's go to steve. >> thank you very much. we do have cloudy skies to the north. that is way up there. that is way up there.

we need that to come way down. so today partly cloudy mostly cloudy to the north. mostly fair and mostly sunny to the south. napa airport is dipped to 29. other 20s out there. livermore also joining the party. 31 san rafael. santa rosa says cloudy. they are a little warmer. 33 degrees. oakland airport now 31. they had a record low of 28. san jose 33. redwood city at 32. sonoma outside the plaza 26. nevada 28 degrees. lafayette 29. gilroy 29. it's still cold. just not as cold. there is a lot out here. the question is when is it going to get here? right now it's taking aim at the pacific northwest. cold morning. there is still 20s around as we looked at. clouds to the north. it will be fair. mendocino county could get in

on rain earlier than anybody else. tomorrow looks much, much better. if the rain isn't to fort bragg yet, that tells us we have a long way to go. there will be clouds to the north and warmer temps. take a look at the water vapor. that has to get all the way over here. that will not happen until tomorrow. clouds in the north. high clouds to the south. still mostly sunny for awhile. temperatures will come up with a south wind as well. 50s. mid 50s today. mostly sunny to the south and mild to warm. upper 50s to low 60s especially toward gilroy. cloudy tomorrow. the rain will begin. rain comes back in friday night and saturday. 6:09 is the time right now. he's scheduled to be formerly charged tomorrow. ktvu news has new information about the scandal involving san francisco's new sheriff. also we're looking at live

pictures of that capsized cruise ship in italy. there is backlash from the crews ship industry.

welcome back. the search for missing passengers on the capsized cruise ship in it lee was called -- in italy was called off indefinitely. the reason they called off the search the ship started shifting in the waters. they have to be careful.

the costa concordia hit rocks and capsized late friday. at least 11 people were killed. 28 others are still missing this morning. now a former cruise ship boat captain who teaches at the maritime hack in vallejo says he's upset about the decision of the captain to leave the ship with people still on board. >> many of this is a black eye to the industry. we want to make sure the people that make the mistakes are accountable. >> it may force the maritime organization to change its safety procedures. you won't be able to access wikipedia or several other big websites today. they are protesting a bill in congress that some say will kill the internet as we know it. ktvu alison burns joins us from our washington, d.c. newsroom

to explain. alison. >> reporter: with big name websites shutting down this morning, members of congress are certainly having second thoughts about supporting antipiracy legislation. here is a look at wikipedia's website. the largest online encyclopedia has gone black. at the top it says imagine a world without free knowledge. other sites are following suit. while google is still running it's blacking out the google name. the legislation hills websites liable for offering copyrighted content like movies and music. >> we are actually at a point in history where the future of the internet is at stake. if we infringe on freedom and open this, the rest of the world could be worse >> reporter: the legislation is intended to stop the sell of copyrighted the illegal sell of copyrighted material online.

the protests seems to be working. president obama has come out against the legislation and some leaders here in congress who have been working on it are now working to make some big changes. reporting live from washington, d.c. alison burns ktvu channel 2 news. the group raging grannies will hold a protest in front of the apple store on university avenue in palo alto today. they are upset over dire working conditions at apple manufacturing plants in china. the protest comes after an audit by apple found a number of safety violations at several of its suppliers. ktvu news has obtained court documents that sheds new lights on the allegations of domestic abuse against the new sheriff. the documents detail a i have owe tame of miry knee -- mirkarimis wife. on the tape she is crying and

points to a bruise her husband gave her the day before. she is also crying because mirkarimi said he could get custody of their young son because he is very powerful. >> that doesn't mean he caused this situation. >> sheriff mirkarimi is scheduled to be arraigned tomorrow on demeanor charges of domestic violence, child endangerment and persuading a witness. both deny the charges. hikers are being warned to be on alert after two mountain lions were spotted. the sighting happened around 6:00 last night on a trail which is near the uc santa cruz campus. two women were walking their dog when they saw two adult mountain lions. they left the area and no one was hurt. u.s. customs agents made a stunning discovery at the san francisco airport this week. they found a half a dozen deer skulls hidden in a bag of fruit

peels. they were in a mysterious fruit shipment. they have identified the skulls as mouse deer. they have no idea why someone would attempt to ship them to the u.s.. the united states wants to get rid own limit some of the junk in outer space. they have developed a set of rules. international code of conduct for outer space conducttivity. they are worry about space junk a high risk of collisions that could -- back in 2007 china destroyed a weather satellite. that caused a huge cloud of debris that some worried would cry. there are two new studies out that obesity rates have level out of. the latest federal report shows

most americans are obese. additional think are overweight. now while the pekessers say that is better than the skyrocketing rates of the past 30 year there is is still too many people with weight problems and health problems to go along with it. 17 minutes after 6:00. let's go back to sal to check in on traffic. sal. >> good morning to you. tight now traffic is doing very nicely if you are driving in many areas. we're not going to see a lot of traffic right now. it's getting busier by the minute as you know. you leave the house ten minutes later you'll have more than ten minutes worth of traffic. northbound 280 looks good as you head up to highway 17. northbound 17 traffic is getting busier coming down the hill to los gatos. northbound 85 traffic is still clear. no major problems. also the morning commute looks good on 880 north and southbound as you drive past

the coliseum. no major problem there is. and the morning drive on westbound bay bridge as you come up to the pay gates that looks fine. no major problems getting on to the bridge. so again i think we're off to a pretty decent start. but of course things change this hour. let's go to steve. >> thank you kindly sal. we do have mostly clear. partly cloudy skies. and still 20s around. nothing compared to yesterday morning. man it was cold. that was cold. still cold out there now. storm track still way to the north. at least it's inching into northern california. still so far no rain. we have a ways to go here. mendocino county and lake county could get in on rain later. i think it's more likely later tonight. you can see where the rain line is. still near humboldt county. 20s and 30s. napa airport has dipped to 29. livermore is 28. there are 20s showing up.

freeze warning is out but that is for the santa clara valley. cloud cover will help moderate cloud cover. the ridge of high pressure says i'm not leaving yet. the barometer over sfo is 30 and 40. it will take awhile to break that down. high clouds. warmer. fair to the south. highs will be in the mid to upper 60s. temperatures starting off 20s and 30s. then we can focus our time -- windy on friday morning. rain friday night saturday. and then windy on sunday. when apples stock begins trading today it will if at an all time high. she -- the previous record was

40 sents less last tuesday. but it remains beline number two. tomorrow apple is said to announce it's working on an ipad. they have schedule an event. apple will introduce interactive e books for college courses. until now they have only been a pdf file. steve jobs called texas book publishing an $# million industry that is ripe for destruction. he's a santa cruz native that did not win the record deal on the x-factor show. but things are looking up for chris rene. chris finished third place in the contest but he now tells entertainment weekly he's been offered a record deal with epic records. he's going to sign it soon. chris says he will be working

with l.a. reed who you know is one of the judges on the show. he's a big shot too. >> oh yeah. an uproar over construction at the golden gate bridge. a look at the very personal demolition scheduled for today. try saying that first thing in the morning. they are back. the american idol judges and already they have strong opinions about this years idol hopefuls. good morning, if you are driving in san rafael look at this. southbound 101 looking good right through the middle of downtown san rafael. we'll tell you more coming up. sweetheart. we need to talk.

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golden gate bridge as we reveal. looking good. also looking good on doyle drive and in san francisco. 6:25. today crews will be out there digging up commemorative brick walkway at the golden gate bridge. the bridge district put up a fence yesterday to keep people out. the walkway had to be taken out to make it accessible for the disabled. this is angering nearly 7500 people. they paid money for the bricks.

the district plans to create a website. they also plan to build a wall with those names. people who live along the water in the san joaquin delta are worried their water -- shallow waterways are mostly clear. but the state is expected to cut back on the i rat case program this year. san francisco health care workers are worried governor brown's proposed budget could cause more free clinics to close. according to the examiner reimbursement rates for nonprofit health centers could be changed as a plan to save the state $55 million next year. cut backs over the year have already forced community clinics to close or merge and there is concern that some low income patients and the uninsured will have nowhere else to go. 6:26. american idol auditions are under way and the judges

already like the contestants. >> amazing talent. best talent probably. better than last year. >> american idol is back. for season 11. premier tonight and tomorrow. this year the first stop for the judges savannah, georgia. there will also be a special extended prime time broadcast of american idol this sunday right after the nfc championship game with the 49ers. you can watch the premier of season 11 and the special on sunday right here on ktvu channel 2. the show starts tonight at 8:00 followed by the 10:00 news. my 12-year-old daughter and i this is our favorite part of the show. you get to know the contestants. 6:27 is the time. we have developing news out of walnut creek. crews on the scene of an early morning house fire. also many 49er fans sticking real close to their computers this morning. the red hot tickets to go on

sale in a couple hours. and a san jose hunter missing for 20 hours. found in the bay. we'll show you what went in the search. and the opening bell is about to ring on wall street. pam will bring you the early stock numbers.

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hey, sweetie. guess what, the bees came back and i broke the phone... no, no that was unrelated. you know what, why don't you call it to see if it works? pretty sure it's broken. probably right. looks like we're in new phone territory. when it's on your mind, it's on ebay. welcome back to the ktvu channel 2 morning news. they are ringing the opening bell. the new york stock exchange. and here she comes. miss america. miss america ringing the opening bell there. she is miss wisconsin. quite a little sparkly crown there. celebrating the miss america pageant and hopefully the numbers will be beautiful today. we have all the business news coming up. all right we will smile and

say good morning, to you. thank you for joining us here. ktvu channel 2 morning news. it's already the middle of the week wednesday, january 18th. i'm dave clark. >> and i'm pam cook. >> a successful ending to an overnight search. a hunting that has been missing for almost 24 hours was found in the fridge waters in the south bay. lorraine blanco is live. you talked to another hunter how cold it was out there. >> reporter: yeah, i did, dave. it was quite an operation out here. all night long. no doubt it paid off when they found the missing hunter alive. now investigators are interviewing him to find out what went wrong. the 30-year-old afghanistan war veteran hadn't been heard from yesterday morning. cal state helicopter located him in his boat about three miles northwest of the marina. conscious but very cold. the san jose fire captain on duty told us he was shivering

and wet but no doubt relieved since he was stuck out there all night long. a few other hunters are about to take cough from this dock to help the hunters family retrieve his boat. they say a lot of things can go wrong out there. >> the biggest thing is the titlement. you just need to make sure you look on the computer. look up what the title is going to be for the times you will be fishing or hunting in the area. and if you do get stuck in the mud, the best thing to do is stay in your boat. >> reporter: the fire captain said the hunter has no means of communication. they recommend a cell phone or portable radio and flairs especially if you are hunting alone. he was taken to a local hospital for observation. he is being checked for hypothermia. 6:32. another search continues for two suspects that robbed a medical marijuana collective at gunpoint. it happened at the high

standards medical collective. it's on vermont street. it happened right after 8:00 last night. employees and others were inside at the time of the robbery. there is no word of anyone being hurt. san jose police tell us that ktvu two men got away with cash and products before they escaped. if you have any information contact san jose police. 3.5 hours from now governor brown will give his state of the state address. he's expected to use the speech to promote his tax increase initiative on the november ballot. last year he appealed to lawmakers to put tax hikes on the ballot to close the budget deficit. now he's going straight to the voters. some political analysts say he's making a mistake by holding the speech so early in the morning. >> i'm puzzled as to the decision. why he would do it at 10:00 in the morning as opposed to taking unfiltered prime time at 5:00 which other governors have done. >> after the address the

governor will fly to southern california to drum up support for his tax plan. he will speak at the los angeles city hall and meet with teachers in burbank. don't forget you can watch the state of the state right here on ktvu channel 2. we will be showing that live at 10:00 a.m.. if you can't get to your tv. if you're at work and have the time, we'll be streaming it on our website ktvu.com. we are following developing news out of contra costa county. firefighters are on the scene of a house fire in walnut creek. claudine wong just arrived on the scene to tell us what is happening now. claudine. >> reporter: we are on greenway drive. firefighters still going through the garage of this home. firefighters tell me everyone inside was able to get out. they were out when they arrived on scene. you can see a lot behind. i will walk over to the battalion chief. can you just tell me what happened here? >> well we had a report of a

structure fire. approximately 5:00 in the morning. upon arrival or upon enroute the company noticed smoke enroute. when they arrived they had seen the left side of the house where the garage is three cars on fire in the front and the garage fully involved. all occupants were out upon arrival. crews made an aggressive attack through the garage and front door of the house. they were able to contain the fire to the garage. >> reporter: which is amazing. when you look at the garage it looks like the damage is pretty heavy there. do we have any idea how this could have started? there is still a car in that garage. >> yeah. there is a car gnat -- there is a car in the garage. the fire is under investigation at this point. >> reporter: okay. all right. thank you very much. i appreciate that information. you are taking a live look at the garage portion of the home. there is one car inside. three cars that were outside. firefighters made quick work of it once they got here. the interior of the house is okay. we have seen people standing on

the side of the street. we will gather more information and check back in with you later. live here in walnut creek claudine wong. time 16:35. the tickets for sunday's 49ers playoff gambiense the giants go -- playoff game for the giants go on sale today. tara moriarty is in san francisco right now. how much of these ticket -- how much are these tickets? >> reporter: they are pricey. the highest we found on craigslist for $5,000. if you want to sit in the end zone. the cheapest we found was on stub hub. there are only four left for $300 in the upper reserve end zone. >> reporter: after last weekends nail biter against the new orleans saints 49er fans are clambering for tickets. and in less than four hours season ticketholders will get first dibs on the bulk of the

66,000 seats at candle stick park. anything left over will go on sale at 1:00 this afternoon. you know the average ticket price is $600. >> gosh it went up from yesterday. yesterday it was $350. >> reporter: are you surprised? >> no. no not really. people are excited around here. they will pay whatever they can to see the game. >> reporter: 49er officials want to remind desperate fans not to fall prey to counterfeiters. now some ticketholders may choose to sell their tickets. a good sale will pay for half of their season tickets. but with coach jim harbaugh amazing run and he may play against his very own brother, this is one game that die hards do not want to miss in person. live from san francisco i'm tara moriarty ktvu channel 2 news. >> all right tara. san francisco is proudly showing their support of the

49ers. every night red and blow light -- red and gold lights will show brightly at three major sights. mayor ed lee is in new york about to attend a conference. ktvu has completely covered this sunday. we will start with return to glory that is at 2:00 p.m.. the fox pregame show at 3:00. the kickoff to the big game is at 3:30. we'll see you again after the game with a special edition of point after. >> the best seat in the house. and it's free. >> it's right here. channel 2. 6:38 is the time. sal, you going to try to go to the game? >> i don't myself don't have the season tickets. it's family members. we rotate. >> i'm sure a lot of poem are calling on those. >> we rotate. if i've got to go to one game and the next. watching it on channel 2 is

perfect. let's go outside and take a look at the commute now. traffic is moving along right now. north and southbound as you drive past the coliseum. there are no major problems. it is getting more crowded as you drive the bay area. there are no major problems as i look at the chp list. we always have up here. nothing major just yet. the morning commute looks pretty good at the bay privilege toll plaza. there are no major delays or major delays but there are some delays appearing up here. it's about a ten minute delay as you drive to the toll plaza. this morning in san jose northbound 280 is moving along relatively well. we don't have any major problems. 85 also looks good. there is already a little bit of slow traffic on highway 17 as you come down to the bottom of the hill. as i look at the chp list most of the incidents are on the right shoulder. let's go to steve. >> thank you, sir.

a very good morning. cold. not as cold as yesterday. 20s and 30s. nice tweet from christina. she is in foster city. she said it's cold out there. for those of you waiting for the rain you may have to wait a bit. now mendocino county and lake county maybe. everything is pointed north and it will stay north for today. mostly sunny. partly cloudy. it's just not even to fort bragg yet. although the wind has picked up toward along the coast. that will also be a factor. it takes awhile to break down a ridge of high pressure. and takes a long to break down six weeks. yont vail 28. nevada 28. lafayette 29. gilroy and palo alto to name a few 29. livermore is in there. yesterday we had temperatures 20 degrows or 19 degrees. we're match warmer here. and the southeast wind is

helping. there is a lot out here. it will take another 36 hours to get a lot of it here. and bump the high out of here. if you have a barometer at home it's way out there. cold morning. clouds to the north. fair to the south. in fact, today won't be too bad. mild to warm toward the santa clara valley. cloudy skies on thursday. it may not make it until around the noon hour. so for the north bay you will see that picking up. i want to show you this. you can see the ridge of high pressure holding its ground. this has a long way to go before it slides in. high clouds a little warmer today. especially toward the south. also parts of the east bay. north bay looks like a lot of mid 50s. even in the city. but then santa cruz 68. same more morgan hill. fremont 55. tomorrow cloudy. the rain will begin. might take awhile to get to some areas south of us. windy with off and on rain on

saturday. windy as we go into sunday. 6:41. new details this morning about the cruise ship disaster in italy. what the captain of the ship refused to do right after the tragedy. disturbing new details in a case of suspected serial killer joseph naso. what investigators are doing to try to solve a decades old mystery. good morning, if you are driving on highway 237 any time soon you will see slow traffic there. we'll tell you more about the morning commute and the bay weather.

good morning to you. welcome back. here's a quick look at some of the top stories we are following for you right now. a couple hours ago a helicopter crew rescued a stranded boater from the icy waters in san jose. there he is right there. he disappeared after going hunting by himself yesterday morning. rescuers say he was shivering after being located. he's in the hospital now getting treated. the water temperature by the way was 34 degrees. you won't be able to get into the wikipedia website today if you wanted to. it's one of several websites taking part in a 24 hour blackout. protesting antipiracy legislation. the movie industry supports the bill but critics don't like it.

alaska airlines canceled many of its flights. that is because of the regions worst snowstorm in more than 25 years. the northwest storm has already forced cancellation of one flight from sfo to seattle. just hours ago the search for missing passengers on that capsized cruise ship in italy was called off indefinitely. we want to take you live there this morning. the decision to call off the search was made after the cruise ship we are showing you started shifting in the water. the costa concordia hit rocks and capsized off the coast of northern italy late friday. at least 11 people were killed. 28 others are still listed as missing. an audio recording now reveals the captain refused orders to get back on his ship after the crash. 6:46. san francisco police want help. they are trying to solve the murder of an elderly man two

years ago. in january 2010, 83-year-old juan chen was beaten by a group of young men and died two days later. news conference will be held at the crime scene. a $100,000 reward is being offered to solve this case. if you have any information contact san francisco police. hillsburg police have exhumed the body of a woman to see if there is any connection to a serial killer joseph naso. her body was found in a creek in 1983. new technology could give new clues. investigators decided to exhume the body after finding a list inside of naso's home. one of the entries on the list said girl near hillsburg. naso is charged with killing four women in the 1970s and 1990s. overnight the chp canceled a statewide amber alert for a missing central valley teenager. investigators say the 16-year- old girl was found safe early

this morning following her reported kidnapping in the city of silito last night. themy december toe -- the modesto police department is in damage control after racy photos. an on duty police officer posing with half dressed women. coming up on mornings on 2 response from the police department in modesto. 6:47. that scenic road through yosemite national park is closed this morning. tioga road is the main entry from the eastern side of the sierra. the winter weather is coming late this year. so there was no reason to close the road until now. this week's storms are expected to bring a lot of snow to the area. this is one of the latest closings of that area on record. 6:48. back over to sal to check in on traffic. sal. >> we have a problem in

sunnyvale. silicon valley northbound 101. and also the traffic getting down to the san jose area is going to be a little busy on 101 but 280 looks good. if you're in the east bay westbound traffic looks good in both directions on interstate 880. let's go to pictures from our live camera. i want to show you the picture on 92 westbound san mateo bridge it looks good. this commute on westbound bay bridge that is backed up for a 10-15 minute wait. here is steve. thank you, sal. it will be mostly sunny today. i think expect for the north bay. mostly fair. mostly sunny. north bay partly cloudy. cold again this morning. not as cold as yesterday. still 20s around. also a lot of 30s. due to the cloud cover a little to the north you can see the rain line still up in eureka.

crescent city. they are reporting wind. that is a sign of things to come. it will take awhile here. 29 napa. 28 livermore. 26 sonoma. still a freeze warning for the santa clara valley. stilled the in gilroy. there are temperatures there. still in the 20s which are cold. yesterday was teens and 20s. up about 5-7 degrees on many of these temperatures. there is a good bend in the cloud. that will hold its ground big time today. tomorrow we'll start to get bumped out of here. then we can talk about rain. today is mainly high clouds. cold morning and then turning partly cloudy. clouds will increase toward the north bay. the system looks like it arrives to the north bay late tonight and tomorrow morning. again once it gets here, friday it looks like off and on rain. we have another day to discuss it. high clouds temperatures in the mid 50s here. coming up with a south wind as well. southeast wind. and upper 50s to near 60s toward santa clara valley.

extended forecast has your weekend in view has clouds increasing. cloudy tomorrow. rain begins. we'll take it into friday. friday night and saturday windy. wholesale prices dropped in december. the cost of food and energy fell eight tenths of a percent each. that was enough to offset the rising prices of everything else. most economists expected a slight increase actually for the year wholesale prices jumped 4 .8%. san francisco based charles swab announced fourth quarter prices jumped. profits for the year up 90% compared to 2010. we'll see how this is effecting wall street in a minute. more police patrols in los angeles. around the famous hollywood sign what that will be looking for after a gruesome discovery.

why oakland police may be shorthanded. right now traffic looks good on northbound 280 getting up to the valley. we're seeing more slow traffic on your way up to cupertino. we do have a problem on 101.

welcome back. surprisingly good economic news

wholesale prices in this morning and helping things out. the dow, nasdaq, and s & p all up a quarter of a percent. 6:54. detectives in los angeles will go back to the famous hollywood sign after is a gruesome discovery. yesterday two dog workers were out. they found a human head. not far from the hollywood sign. the victims had to be a man in his 40s. he appears to have been killed recently. now detectives will go back to the park later this morning trying to find more evidence. police in richmond may not help out in future occupy protests in other bay area cities. police in richmond have come to oakland several times in recent months helping out to handle the crowds in the occupy protest and the raids. but the richmond city council has passed new guidelines involving when and where their police officers can respond to trouble in other cities. the guidelines are urging richmond police chief to carefully evaluate all mutual

aid requests that involve civil unrest situationsing. there are two new names on the long list of possible candidates for the raiders head coaching job. the chicago tribune reports that the raiders requested permission to talk with micates. the other name this morning is marty the offensive coordinator for the philadelphia eagles. he was also the head coach of the detroit lions ten years ago. back here at home san francisco hopes to cut down on traffic with the america's cup. it has developed a plan to encourage visitors to take public transit. there will be a new muni line. the e-line that runs from cal train to fisherman's wharf. there will also be special shuttles and extra services on special bus routes. arizona based apliant air is offering a three-day give

away to phoenix today. it's promoting the airlines inaugural flight between oakland and phoenix. if you want to enter go to oakland airport from 11:00 a.m. to noon with your bags checked. you can check in at terminal one. if you have the tackiest tourist costume, you will get two entries. the winners will be announced at 12:15. coming up sal a problem? >> yeah at sunnyvale. we'll have a little bit more. we're getting new details on that. we're also looking at the other commutes that are getting busy. bay bridge is getting busy and busy traffic in contra costa. san mateo bridge looks good. as pam mentioned we have a problem in sunny vail on 101 southbound. also blocking part of the ramp there. give yourself plenty of time. we'll have more on this on mornings on 2. let's go to steve. mostly sunny for the bay

area. clouds increasing to the north. i think for the rest of us we'll have to wait until tomorrow. temperatures 20s and 30s we'll give way to 50s. we'll have more coming up. also coming up. developing news from walnut creek. we are following a house fire. firefighters out on the scene. we'll take you there live. how much would you pay for a ticket to sunday's 49ers game? we are getting very surprising answers this morning. stay right here with us.