we're following developing news here in walnut creek, where inches are still on the scene of a early morning house fire. we'll tell what you the homeowner says he heard and saw before he rushed his family to safety. >> an overnight search for a missing south bay hunter, the major vote. that came just hours ago. web sights on strike. what is behind today's internet protests? >> we're live in san francisco, where prices for playoff tickets are steep, but officials say don't be dissuaded by sticker shock. we'll explain why when mornings on 2 starts now!

good morning. welcome to mornings on 2. >> it's wednesday, january 18th. we begin with an update on developing news in contra costa county. firefighters are on the scene of a house fire. the fire broke out about an hour ago, on green bay drive in walnut creek. just a few minutes ago, ktvu talked to the homeowner and is everyone okay, claudine? >> reporter: everyone is okay. they all made it out safely, but look at their house behind me. the major part of the damage area is the garage, and you can see inside the garage is what is left of a car still sitting in there. the three cars in the driveway also damaged heavily by this fire. it started about 5:00 this morning. the homeowner i just talked to him, is out safely. he and his family all made it out. he told me it was the sound of the fire that woke him up. >> it was a combo of things, lot of noise, things crackling

and popping. got up and saw the fire coming out of the garage, so got everybody out. >> it was going very good, and they did an excellent job containing it in the garage. >> back live here in front of greenway drive, you can see the damage to the garage area. but what is remarkable, if you look inside the front door of the home, you can see no damage there. firefighters able to contain this just to the garage. they were able to get a hose into the front door and wrap it around the garage and that's how they were able to put the fire out. how this all started is still unclear. the homeowner has no idea. he woke up to the sound of fire and flames in that garage, got his two kids, wife and dogs out. he says they'll worry about the rest later. he's just glad everyone is okay. claudine wong, ktvu channel 2 news. thank you. governor brown will give his state of the state address just three hours from now. he is expected to use the speech to promote his tax increase initiative on the

november ballot. last year he called on lawmakers to put tax hikes on the ballot to close the state budget deficit. but republicans blocked the idea. now he is going straight to voters. >> he's asking the people of california to do something extraordinary, which is in a state that's rapidly anti-tax to temporarily increase taxes on themselves so we can have stronger schools, safer communities and fix the chronic budget problem. >> after the address, the governor will fly to southern california to drum up support for his tax plan. he will speak at los angeles city hall and then meet with teachers in burbank. you can watch today's state of the state here on ktvu. we will be showing it live at 10 a.m., and if you can't get to your tv then, we'll be streaming it on ktvu.com as well. we have new information for bay area travelers if you're heading to the northwest this morning. alaska airlines has cancelled dozens of early morning flights in and out of the seattle and

portland airports. that's because of their worst snowstorm in more than 25 years. and we didn't just check with bay area airports. the northwest storm is already forced the cancellations of at least one flight from sfo to seattle. there could be more in the hours ahead. now, we'll stay on top of it and bring you a live report from west seattle in just a couple minutes. the online encyclopedia wikipedia has shut down its website for the day. it's a 24-more blackout, a protest of anti-piracy legislation and some other big websites are taking part as well. coming up for you at 7:15, we'll go live to our washington, d.c. bureau to get the reaction from the white house to the protests. vice president joe biden is headed to san francisco today for a fund-raising luncheon at 11:30 at the bentley reserve on battery street. it costs between 2500 and $10,000 to attend. money raised from the event

will go to both the obama for america re-election fund and the democratic national committee. the vice president's wife jill biden will also be in the bay area today, visiting the va palo alto rehabilitation center at 12:30 this afternoon, and also attend a technology event in san francisco called app for heroes at 2:45. lot of 49ers fans will be staying very close to computers this morning. tickets for sunday's championship game go on sale in just a couple hours. ktvu's tara moriarity is live in san francisco now. so how expensive are these tickets? >> reporter: well, we just spoke to an official from stub hub, and she says folks shouldn't get sticker shock. the actual most expensive ticket sold was for $2,000. here's stub hub here. so ticketholders wanting to attend will game will only sell with such a steep price.

after last weekend's intense prayoff game against the new orleans saints, 49ers fans are clamoring for tickets. at 10 this morning, season ticketholders will get first dibs on the 66,000 seats at candlestick park. remaining tickets go on sale at 1:00 this afternoon. last week's game had the highest tv ratings in nfl playoff history. fans say it may be tough to match the electricity that was felt that that stadium. >> hard to compare against the last four minutes of that game. but yeah, it will be a good one. >> how much would you pay for a seat to be there in person at the game? >> geeze, i mean, probably not even close to what the market rate is right now. >> how do you think this weekend's game will stack up? >> hopefully the same way. they beat the giants already, so hopefully they take the same

playbook to the stick and bring it home. >> 49ers officials want to remind fans not to be fooled by counterfeiters. they recommend buying only from reputable brokers and paying with a credit card. if you are a ticketholder, you could sell your tickets and pay for almost half of next year's season tickets. but if you're a diehard, nothing beats being there in person, especially since the 49ers haven't been in this position since 1998. tara moriarity, ktvu channel 2 news. >> don't forget, ktvu has you completely covered this sunday. we start with return to glory, at 2 p.m. the fox pre-game show begins at 3, the kickoff at 3:30. and then we'll see you again after the game with a special edition of point after. obviously, it will be a lot of traffic around candlestick on sunday but also want to point out that i've heard there should be traffic because of vice president's president today no san francisco. >> there will be.

and they don't tell us for security reasons where he is going to be at what time. so if you happen to be on the freeway, and you see rolling closure or all of a sudden you're stopped and they're not letting you on, something goes by, that's what that is. but again, we can't tell you where it's going to be. generally it will be at some point today. all right. good morning, everybody. let's talk about the crash we have in sunnyvale. not only northbound 101, there's a crash there, but also a crash nearby as you get on to the eastbound 237 connector to southbound 101. two right lanes are blocked because of an overturned suv. the signs are on chp says it could be there for a while. 280, 85 still doing pretty well some if you know matilda avenue near 237 and 101, good area to avoid. live pictures now, 880 north and southbound, traffic moving along nicely. let's go to steve. >> thank you.

we have pretty much a nice sunrise here. now towards mendocino county and north, there are cloudy skies. but the pressure over us is really, really high. so for us today, today will be that tweener day with cold temperatures in the mornings, 20s, 30s, but mostly sunny to partly cloudy skies. the rain line continues to stay way to the north and it won't get here -- start to work its way over throughout the course of the day, but it's just now getting to shelter cove, and ukiah says cloudy and 36 determination but there could be a few light sprinkles to the north. for most of the bay area today, today we get increasing clouds to the north, and mostly sunny. skies to the south. fog inch is closer to the coast as well but the rain will be really heavy on the north coast for the next couple days. tomorrow looks like a much better day as we get that system to get closer. sonoma 26, lafayette, alamo, palo alto los gatos also at 29. so there are some 20s out there. but yesterday fairfield was 19,

20. napa was 20. so considerably higher or the temperatures today. it's still cold. oakland 33. yesterday 28. same for livermore. right now they're 28. 32 san jose. freeze warnings out for the santa clara valley to salinas valley, seems marginal but that's what is going on this morning. end at 9:00. you can see it a good bend in the clouds, with barometer and try, 40 over sfo and napa. that's much, lower before we can get any rain here. anything that falls will be to the north and it will be very light. this shows the best picture. there's a long way to go before it gets here and for the santa clara valley, maybe tomorrow afternoon or evening. a cold morning, then partly sunny, partly cloudy. higher clouds during into the north basically they'll turn cloudy. tomorrow, cloudy skies, rain begins and it takes south. high clouds, little warmer today due to a south-southeast wind. that just makes for a really cold windchill but it will also make for warmer afternoon near mid-50s to the north and mid to upper 50s near 60 towards santa

cruz and morgan hill. high clouds will increase and go cloudy, then rain starts to move south tomorrow, then sweep to over the area by thursday night. a stronger system friday night into saturday. sunday looks unsettled, looks very windy at this time. police officers on the job, poising with half dressed women. the modesto police department is launching an investigation after some racy photos surfaced that police say these pictures are looking at, they were taken between 2009 and 2010. one photo shows an officer pretending to hand touch a girl, on top of his squad car. the department officials say the officer left the department in 2010, but wouldn't say why. >> obviously, these photographs there's definitely something we were concerned about, and blemish to us. >> very disturbing. and that's our tax paying money supporting us. >> pictures with another officer who police say is still on the force were also sent to the modesto city council. the police department is

conducting an internal investigation. so far city councilmembers have made no comment. an unusual survival technique, but it worked. the valuable items the missing no shoer burned to survive two nights in freezing temperatures. also too much junk, what is being done to deal with space debris. from a homeless shelter to the white house, how one teenager earned an invitation to the president's stated of the union speech next week.

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i knew someday i was gonna do this walk. if i can do this, you definitely can do this. we can do this. we can all do this together. (man) register today for the... and receive $25 off your registration fee. because everyone deserves a lifetime. good morning! little change here. we still have 20s and 30s, but low clouds coming back to the coast. cloudy skies to the north. sprinkles up towards mendocino county, maybe northern, but for the rest of the us increasing clouds. highs today mid to upper 50s.

>> he burned money to survive. that's how a stranded snowshoer stayed alive for two nights in the cold up on mount rainier. 66-year-old young kim disappeared saturday and slid down a steep slope on mount rainier in washington state. search crews found him alive monday. he says he survived the freezing temperatures by first burning leaves, then burning his extra socks. when he ran out of those, he started burning dollars. first one dollar, then five dollar bills. he also took cover under a tree during the night. there's an online rebellion going on this morning against legislation in congress that would impose new rules on the internet. thousands of websites including wikipedia have temporarily shut down. ktvu ace allison burns joins us live from washington, d.c. so does the protest seem to be working? >> reporter: that's right, this protest seems to be gaining

steam this morning. let's look at wikipedia's website, the world's largest online encyclopedia has gone black. at the top is says, imagine a world without free knowledge. thousands of other sites are following suit. google is still running but it's black, out the google name. the websites are protesting bills in congress that would make them liable when users post copyrighted content and give the government new power to shut down the sites. the protests are changing minds in washington, and the president has now come out against the anti-piracy legislation. >> it's a serious problem that requires serious legislative responses. but we will not support legislation that reduces freedom of expression, increase cyber security risk or undermines the innovative global internet. >> the movie and music industries support the legislation and this has become an epic battle here pitting silicon valley against

hollywood, northern california members of congress against southern california members of congress. and of course, we are going to wait now to see if the senate moves ahead with a vote planned for next week. allison burns, ktvu channel 2 news. a former homeless teenager from new york has been invited to attend president obama's state of the union speech. 17-year-old samantha garvey grabbed headlines after being named a semifinalist in the prestigious intel science competition. she was living in a homeless shelter with her family when she found out she is up for a $100,000 scholarship. the family has since found a rented home. new york congressman steve israel invited her to the president's january 24th state of the union address, saying she is an inspiration. the u.s. wants to limit the amount of junk in outer space. nasa is working with other countries to develop a set of rules called the international code of conduct for outer space

activities. the u.s. is worried about the growing number of satellites and other space debris. there's a high risk of collisions that could threaten communications here on earth. in 2007, china destroyed a disabled weather satellite, but it caused a huge cloud of debris that some feared could collide with the international space station. a stunning discovery by u.s. customs agent at san francisco airport. they found a half dozen deer skulls like this inside a bag of fruit peels. they were in a mysterious air shipment interest southeast asia, bounds for minnesota. investigators say they were from mouse deer. they have no idea why someone would try to send them here to the u.s. a rat control problem in washington, d.c. has virginia's attorney general very concerned. he says he is worried about a one-year-old law in d.c. that says rodents cannot be killed. pest control officers have to

capture families of rats and then relocate them. he is worried the rats will be relocated across the potomac river and into virginia. d.c. has been dealing with a wild and growing rat infestation, especially near occupy camps. as we've been reporting a powerful snowstorm is pounding the northwest this morning. reporter stacy sakamoto joins us live from west seattle. looks like it's really coming down there! >> reporter: it is, tori. it's been dumping since we've been here just after 3 this morning. this is very unusual for seattle. west seattle in particular is the very dicey neighborhood, when it starts to snow, because there are so many hills and so many commuters are dealing with these treacherous hills this morning. we're on southwest admiral way, the main thoroughfare through the heart of west seattle. we've been seeing buses, we've

been seen snow plus for and a lot of commuters taking on this hill. so far we haven't seen anyone spinning out, but that could happen later. commuters are definitely doing better once the plows came through. now, one thing that we did notice is we were parking our live truck is once we got off the well traveled middle of the street, things really did get dicey. the snow is very slick, very oily. it's not very powdery at all. skiers probably wouldn't like this. this is what we here in the northwest call the cascade concrete kind of snow. it's very heavy. so it makes for very slick driving. back to you. >> all right. snowy west seattle. thank you. and we'll be checking also some flights that have cancelled to both seattle and portland, oregon. so sal will have more on that. the clouds are rolling in

and the anticipation building as we look outside. we know steve will be here, lock at that sky! >> pretty. >> but steve will tell us when we can combinely expect to see rain. >> relationship the cruise ship disaster in italy, how it could change the entire industry. >> traffic is moving well here in the play area, but we do have at least one ramp closed because of ice. hand soap system healthy hands can be automatic.

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the search for missing people on a capsized cruise ship in italy has been called off indefinitely. that decision was made this morning after the cruise ship shifted slightly. it hit rocks and capsized off the coast of northern italy late friday. at least 11 people are confirmed killed, 28 others still missing. a former cruise boat captain who now teaches at the maritime academy in vallejo worries this will be a black eye for the

cruising industry. >> this is black eye to the industry, and we want to be sure that the people that make the mistakes are held accountable for them. >> those at the academy say they expect what happened in italy may force the international maritime organization to review its safety procedures and the timing of this accident is terrible since this is the prime time when people book cruises for spring break and summer vacations. let's go to sal. a south bay ramps closed? what happened? there's ice. what happened, dave, is on the ramp from eastbound 237 to southbound 101, if you are trying to do this essentially, trying to get on to southbound 101, there's a nearby water pump that apparently was leaking on to the ramp there, and all that ramp is closed because the ice has formed on it. we'll talk to steve in just a moment where temperatures may come up so they can reopen that ramp, as the ice will melt.

yesterday we had some frost, ocean boetsch, and that went away. so we'll talk to steve with. that but just remember, 101 getting into sunnyvale is the biggest problem. it is backed up from 880 all the way up to 237, because of a couple of different crashes right in that general area. wouldn't surprise me if road conditions played a role in these wrecks. let's go to live pictures now, show you that westbound 24 coming up to the lafayette bart station, that traffic is looking pretty good. crowded. day bridge toll plaza backed up for about a 152020 minute claim let's go to steve. >> thank you very much. we do have increasing clouds in the north. there are cloudy skies and low level clouds up towards northern sonoma county, but after that southward some fog is coming back to the coast, and partly cloudy, partly sunny, further south you go even more sunshine. so today is the day where we're waiting for the rain line but it will take another while to get here. anything falling north is really light. the system is just now getting

close to shelter cove. we still have to get rain down to fort bragg, ukiah, barometer still high. but mendocino county, northern sonoma in line, anything significant will hold off until later on and then into tomorrow. still 20s and 30s. freeze warning for santa clara valley. not as cold but still cold with 20s and 30s. there's a lot here. it will take a while to get here. by the time it does it will probably be tomorrow afternoon for the south bay. a cold morning, then clouds increase, fair to the south, clouds to the north. and then cloudy skies. rain begins tomorrow and windy conditions as well. today a little warmer. higher clouds with south- southeast wind so we're locking for mid to upper 50s. on the 5-day forecast we do have rain coming in but not until tomorrow. and then we'll see that pattern establish itself into the weekend. >> thank you, steve. new budget problems for a big bay area city. the hundreds of workers who may soon be getting pink slips.

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successful end to the search for a missing boater. the man left alviso marina in san jose yesterday morning, just a few hours ago a rescue helicopter plucked him from the bone-chilling waters. ktvu's lorraine blanco was there when the boater was taken on to the ambulance. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. you can hear me right now but you can see a few fellow hundreders just got back from retrieving his boat. they went out an hour ago and have it there tugged behind their boat. the hunter is checked for hypothermia this morning, but the afghanistan war vet is expected to be okay. now the 30-year-old hunter hadn't been heard from since yesterday when he left home to go duck hunting. hey helicopter pilot located him about three miles northwest of the marina but very cold. after searching all night long, rescue crews tell us they're relieved. >> absolutely, absolutely this. is -- it's like finding a needle in a haystack sock finding him was pretty amazing.

>> rescuers faced quite a few challenges this morning. besides the cold work to different hop degrees broke down last night, a sheriff's helicopter and a coast guard one. a cal star chopper located the hunter 30 minutes after going up. he is okay, and as you can see, behind mow right there the fellow hunters just a couple minutes ago came in during the intro to our live shot and just retrieved his boat. reporting live, lorain blanco, ktvu channel 2 news. san jose police still searching for two gunmen who robbed a medical marijuana collective and this happened last night at high standards medical collective on vermont street, about 8:00. employee and customers were inside at the time, but no one was hurt. san jose police say the two gunmen escaped with cash and products. if you have any information, call san jose police. ktvu news has obtained court documents that sheds new light on the domestic abuse

allegations against san francisco's new sheriff. they detail a videotape of ross mirkarimi's wife taken by a neighbor on new year's damon the tape ileana lopez is crying, she point to a bruise on her arm where she said her husband grabbed her the day before. publicly, mirkarimi's wife has repeatedly defended her husband. however, some domestic violence experts say they're not surprised. >> let me just make it all go away. it didn't really happen. i'm okay. it wasn't that bad. i mean, that's the cycle of abuse. >> sheriff mirkarimi is scheduled to be arraigned tomorrow on misdemeanor charges of domestic violence, child endangerment and dissuading a witness. he strongly denies the allegations and vows he will stay on the job. budget problems in oakland could mean hundreds of layoff notices for city employees. 1500 city workers could be getting pink slips today.

fewer than 200 of those employees are actually expected to lose their jobs. the city is trying to make up for a loss of $25 million in redevelopment funds that went to pay employee salaries. pg&e failed to reclassify hundreds of miles of its pipelines. in a document filed with state regulators, pg&e says it wrongly classified 300 miles of transmission lines. that's more than first thought. the lines in question used to run through rural areas, but are now in densely populated areas. that means more thorough inspections are required. regulators ordered pg&e to check their lines following the 2010 san bruno pipeline blast. hikers in the santa cruz mountains are being warned to watch out. two mountain lions responded, about 6:00 last night on the trail. that's near the uc santa cruz campus. two women were walking their dogs when they saw two adult

mountain lions. they left the area, no one but hurt. overnewt the chp cancelled a statewide amber alert for a missing central valley teenager. 16-year-old girl was found safe early this morning after her reported kidnapping in the city of salida last night. the chp is expected to give us more information about this later today. san francisco's first homicide victim in 2012 had appeared on a reality tv show. joseph men owesee was found lying near 6th and stevens last thursday morning. he died an hour later at a hospital. he had recently moved to the bay area, hoping to build a better life, after being portrayed as a villain on the a&e show intervention about drug addiction. san francisco police are asking for help 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 months later near third avenue in the bayview district. a news conference will be held at the crime scene at 4 p.m. today. a $100,000 reward is offered to help solve this crime. police are asking anyone with information to contact them. police have exhumed the bod of a woman to see if there's a connection to alleged serial killer joseph naso. the body was found in a creek in 1983, and new technology may give new clues. investigators decided to exhume the body after finding a lift in his home. one of entries on the list said girl near hills burg. he was charge with murdering four women in the 1970s and 1990s. a pittsburg man is in critical condition after being stabbed with an ice pick. the man's son-in-law, 24-year- old anthony weaver of antioch, turned himself in last night.

he is held on $30,000 bail. police say weaver got into a fight with his father-in-law on sunday. the father-in-law underwent surgery for the puncture wound to his chest. nine people arrested in an undercover sting after they allegedly disobeyed a judge's order. sf gate.com is reporting police followed 18 offenders who were in court yesterday. they were facing charges ranging from drunk driving to driving with a suspended license. although a judge told them not to drive, afterwards nine people allegedly drove away from the santa rosa courthouse. their cars were impounded for a month. in sonoma county, a fire captain has a serve a one heavy year jail sentence for embezzling more than $60,000. prosecutors say he took the money from his own fire union and used it for personal

expenses, including a trip to disneyland and buying sharks season tickets. he told the judge yesterday he stole the money to pay off debts and that he planned to pay it back. today crews will dig up a commemorative brick walkway at golden gate bridge. this is new video we have taken just within the past hour. you can see personnel walking up to the area. the bridge district put up a fence yesterday to keep people out. the walkway must be removed to make the area accessible for the disabled. this removal is angering the nearly 7500 people who paid up to $75 for the custom bricks. 25 years ago for the bridge's 50th anniversary, some people have tried to take the bricks as keepsakes but the district plans to create a website and build a wall with the names around the bricks. national career fairs is holding a job fair in san francisco today. employers from companies

including the san francisco chronicle, buckeye international, and unigen corporation will conduct interviews with potential employees. the fair starts at 11 a.m. and morning and runs until 2 this afternoon at the holiday inn golden gateway on van ness avenue. sal, how is the highway 237 doing? >> you know, we had some unusual situations on 237. the ramp from 237 to southbound 101 has been shut down because of some ice on the roadway. there was a water pump that leaked some water on there, and then froze up. now as the sun comes up and we're the tag team here, we are telling you that things do end up thawing out and we have nothing to complain about here in beautiful california. but just in case you see some black ice, don'break suddenly. you know how that goes. i think some people who have come other parts of country can school the rest of us who are  nateis, right? let's look at the commute on

880 north and southbound. the traffic is moving along nicely. and this morning if you are driving to the bay bridge toll plaza, it's backed up for about a 10 to 15-minute wait. steve paulsen, our meteorologist, who is trained me well. thank you, steph. >> yes, sir, do you a good job. some decent information from mendocino county. a beautiful sunrise. low clouds coming in, it will be mostly sunny, partly cloudy today. mendocino county things are clouding up but the barometer still really high. but june up in middle county, any rain yet? she goes no, the chickens are dry. so not yet. but i've had reports of a little sprinkles up there. so things are getting closer but it will take another day before this all drops out over us. so we have a ways to go. live storm-tracker 2 shows the system right now coming into shelter coach. our observer dallas said windy but who rain, about two hours ago. as it gets there, fort bragg, they've we can start talking.

what is up there now is low level stuff. it's a sign of things to come. it's been so dry for so long. some 20s still. nothing compared to yesterday when -- it was just teens and 20s. lots of record lows. sonoma 26. 28 in yountville. lafayette alamo 29. palo alto, gilroy 29. livermore still in the upper 20s. bethel island 26. napa 28 but fairfield 30. they were 19 yesterday so that's a big difference. 41 in the city of lot of 30s here. 31 at mill valley. san jose at 32. freeze warning is out for the santa clara valley down to salinas valley. all this cloud cover is racing towards the pacific northwest where they might get a foot of rain between now and sunday. we need this to drop south and it will take awhile. i'll show you why. look where it's going. we have extremely high pressure over us. if you follow the barometer, it's around 30, 40.

that's just way too high. hopefully that will start to fall tomorrow and we get this system to slide in. once it knocks the door open, we can talk about some rain because i think tomorrow afternoon evening looks okay. and friday night looks really good. that looks bullish. 50s on temperatures today with that southeast wind. and some of that cold air can get trapped and modified. maybe near 60 santa cruz and gilroy, san jose at 57 degrees. now cloudy skies in the north. mendocino county, lake county, but then tonight we usher into the north bay, take it into tomorrow. maybe san jose has to wait until tomorrow evening. friday night and saturday rain, and then windy and unsettled on sunday. >> thank you. 19 minutes before 8:00. he did not win a record detail on the x factor but things are looking up for chris rene. he finished third place in the contested but now tells entertainment weekly that he was offered a record deal with

epic records and he plans to sign it soon. he will be working with l.a. reed who was one of judges on the show. "american idol" auditions getting underway and the judges are already impressed with a contestant. >> i knew the one. i kept talking about the one. now there's the 10. so just a different level of human being this year. >> idol is back for season 11, with a premiere tonight and tomorrow. this year the first stop for the judges is savannah, georgia. it will also be a special extended broadcast of "american idol" this sunday, following the nfc championship game. you can watch the premiere of season 11 tonight and tomorrow and the special on sunday, here on ktvu. the show starts tonight at 8, followed by the 10:00 news. apple stock starting to trading day at an all-time high. we'll let you know where it is now.

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wall street opening higher this morning, following reports of the international monetary fund could get more cash to help countries struggling to manage debt, and investors like, that. right now the dow is up 59 at 12,540. the nasdaq is up 21, and s&p is up 13 -- is up 7, actually. an apple stock opened this morning in record territory, and it's gone up since then. right now it is trading at 427.50. that is up $2.79 from its

opening this morning, the highest start of trade ever for that company, but number two behind exxon-mobil for evaluation. yahoo stock is now trading up about 40 cents. it started the day at $15.43 a share, and was up sharply in pre-market trading. it hit a 52-week high last may trading for less than $19. investors are react to go jerry lange's announcements he is leaving yahoo, he's a co founder of the search engine, which has struggled literally. he was popular with employees, many investors have not forgiven him for rejecting a $47.5 billion buyout offer from microsoft three years ago. animal rights activists and japanese whalers are clashing off the coast of antartica.

the group accuses the whalers of throwing grappling hooks at them. several activists say they were hurt after being hit on the shoulders. one demonstrator says he was hit in the face with a long bamboo pole. japan says it's conducting scientific research on the whales. law enforcement officials from around the country will gather at the white house today to discuss ways to fight homegrown terrorism. it's part of the obama administration's plan to help police detect people plotting attacks. senior federal counter- terrorism officials will share information on common signs to help identify violent extremists. >> congress is ic can be off its 2012 session and lawmakers will resume the fight over raising the government's borrowing limit by $1.2 trillion. the house will take a symbolic vote against the debt hike. but it's a dead issue in the senate and the president's veto power ensures the increase will

go through. residents along the san joaquin delta are concerned their waterways could sooning clogged with an invasive weed. the state spent millions of dollars last year trying to eliminate the plant. now shallow waterways near bethel island and discovery bay are mostly clear, but the state is expected to cut back on the eradication program this year. and boaters and swimmers are worried that the plant will grow back very quickly. a debate continues this morning over whether santa clara county has too many school districts. there are 31 districts in santa clara, 31 school superintendents, and 169 school board members. supporters of a plan to consolidate the districts tell the mercury news a change would help boost student achievement. however, critics point out a study by the state's legislative panelist found little connection between district size and academic per forrance. two new studies show

obesity rates in the u.s. are starting to level off. the latest report shows more than 35% of american adults are obese. another one-third are overweight, and one-third of children are are overweight or obese. and that's up slightly from 2005. experts say better than the continuously skyrocketing rate that we're being seen over the previous 30 years. some san francisco health care workers are worried governor jerry brown's proposed budget could cause more free clinics to close. according to the examiner, reimbursement rates for non- profit health centers could be changed as part of a plan to save the state $55 million next year. cutbacks over the years have already forced some community clinics to close or merge. there's concern low income patients and the uninsured will have nowhere to go. a family dog is a hero to a family in australia after it

saved two children from a snake. seven-year-old michelle and two- year-old caylee lynch were back on their backyard swing last week when this large brown snake showed up in the grass. before it could hurt the girls, their dog river came to the rescue and killed that snake. >> they're a pack animal, so it's definitely -- their instinct to get in there, especially when kids are involved. >> we can tell you the girls were not hurt. but sadly, river the dog was bitten by the snake. they rushed him to the hospital to a vet, he was treated with anti-venom medication. we understand it the dog is still recovering this morning. >> wow. extra-special treats for him! we're hearing from the family of a 14-year-old oakland boy who is accused of sexual assault. what they're saying about allegations and the reason they're angry at police.

plus, southwest airlines making room for more passengers, but it comes at the cost of personal space.

oakland police arrested this man, you see him there with his hands up, accused of taking them on a high-speed chase. that's where all the yelling and excitement there. ktvu was there yesterday when officers caught the suspect. you can see he ran up the stairs of a home and it appears he surrendered after he had no where else to go. the chase started on interstate 580, the man jumped out of a car in the fruitvale district and continued on foot until he was caught. a 14-year-old oakland boy is in custody this morning accused of sexually assaulting two women. yesterday ktvu talked to the boy's family members right after he turned himself in. the boy is suspected of assaulting and robbing two 28- year-old women earlier this month. the boy's aunt says even though he has spent time in juvenile

hall for robbery, she does not believe the new charges he is facing now. >> now, they said he might have did a robbery. i might agree with them. you know what i'm saying? but a rape and an assault? they need to stop putting that on him! >> the poi's family members say they're furious over the release of his name by police and they have contacted the naacp. police have not said whether he would be tried ats as an adult. arizona based allegiant air is offering a free getaway to phoenix today. the contest is to promote the airline's inaugural flight between oakland and phoenix. if you want to enter, just go to the oakland airport between 11:00 this morning and noon, with your bags packed. you can check in near the security screening area in terminal one. whoever is wearing the tackiest tourist costumes will get two entries. the winners are announced at 12:15.

southwest airlines passengers will feel a lot closer to their seat mates starting in march. southwest is installing new seats. they're going to recline just two inches instead of the current three inches. leg room will be cut back one inch to 31 inches. southwest says it will give it enough roomed to add six more seats on each 737 jet. that could add about $10 million a year in ticket sales. let's check in again with sal. you're telling us earlier about some ice that was causing a problem. it's still cold out there? >> it is cold and we're watching the commute. we haven't had a lot of ice or that kind of thing reported so things are beginning to thaw out. but just be careful. this is a look now at the bay bridge toll plaza. lot of people like us to keep a really close eye and we finally oblige. the traffic is moving along pretty well as you drive here. no major problems this morning. if you are driving into the city. also, if you're looking amount

880 it's beginning to gets a little more crowded as you pass the coliseum. fortunately, we haven't had too much going on when it comes to that. now, again, the south bay, 101 is just a mess. there's no other way around it. we've had a couple problems. 101 from 13th all the way up to sunnyvale is just not doing well. the alternate could be 286 but you'll still be dealing with slow traffic there. if you have your shortcut this might be the day to pull it out. 85 is also slow at the bottom end of the valley, getting into saratoga and cupertino some all the way into sunnyvale thought of, you just have to get out there early. now let's go to steve. >> good morning. mostly sunnier us and it will continue to go that way today. some clouds made it to the north. cloudy skies and some rain for the far north. they're going to get slammed. snowing in mount shasta but that's cold air trapped. now you get the overrunning clouds to that's trapped. if you're heading up i-5, you'll get some low snow levels. don't think it will make into

into redding but close. just heard from dallas jensen, up there in shelter cove. it's very windy. few sprinkles but no rain but boy, it's close. couple reports of mist and sprinkles but mainly cloudy and that's a sign of things to come. still lot of 20s. fairfield in there now, michael 27 degrees there. napa 29. livermore 28. cloud cover continues to stream in but there's eye big bend in the clouds so by tomorrow we'll have something to talk about. this is a cloud and rain forecast. take you through the rest of day. just no rain really dips further south than mendocino county through 10:00 tonight. clouds on the increase. here they come for tomorrow. now we increase the clouds. finally the rain line moves by noon tomorrow into sonoma county. by 6:00 tomorrow san jose. i buy this. this one i do. friday here come the next system but it won't be until friday evening that. looks pretty good to me, into

early saturday. then we'll get a break the rest of saturday. so high clouds today, little warmer. fair to the south. mostly sunny towards san jose. just cold this month. freeze warning goes until 9. 50s with south south east wind. temperatures will be warming up for some. it's cold now but it will be warmer today. cloudy and rain begins tomorrow. a break friday morning. rain friday night, saturday. wind right now for sunday but that could change. >> all right. another bay area city declares war on public smoking. the bold proposal now on the table. >> firefighters remain on the scene of am early morning house fire. what the homeowner is saying about a possible cause. >> in reality, they're going for much less than $9,000. what a 49er playoff ticket is going for when mornings on 2 continues.

good morning. welcome back to mornings on 2. it's wednesday, january 18th. we have an update on a developing story we've been following this in contra costa county. a house fire on greenway drive

is now upped control. ktvu's claudine wong is out there to tell us how the family escaped safely. claudine. >> reporter: they heard the fire, they got out very quickly. called firefighters and firefighters got on scene. the fire damaged contained mostly to this garage area but so hot if you look down at this truck trier, you can see it melted it off the rim there. the damage, though, again right at this garage area. they were four cars affected. that was an acura that used to be in that garage area. homeowners say they and their family were asleep when they heard crackling. he he got up he saw frames coming from the garage and got his family out immediately. he is happy everyone got out safely. >> not sure yet, don't know. not sure. >> just glad you heard it. >> glad everybody is okay. dogs are good, kids are good, wife is good. we're in good shape.

move on. >> the homeowner says firefighters certainly made quick work of it if and he is gritful they were able to contain most of the damage to the garage area. firefighters say they got called just before 5 this morning and had the fire out within about 30 minutes. >> they were able to hit the fire through the front of the garage. they stretched the line, interior of the house and were able to confine it to the garage with minimal damage to the interior of the house. >> back live out here on greenway drive, in walnut creek, as you can see firefighters still inside the garage area, kind of cleaning out. we're talking about a clean-up and an investigation now underway. again, firefighters say they don't know the cause of this fire. they're still looking into it. they said the homeowner was very good about keeping paint and other combustibles out of the garage area in the backyard. but again you got a car packed in there, lot of other things stored in there. they're still trying to chase down the cause of this fire. claudine wong, ktvu channel 2

news. in just two hours from right now, governor jerry brown will deliver a critical speech about the future of california. the governor state of the state address will be delivered before a joint sells of the legislature. he's expected to promote his tax increase initiative on the november ballot. last year republicans blocked his plan to put tax hikes on the ballot to help close the state deficit. now the governor is going straight to the voters. >> he's asking the people of california to do something extraordinary, which is in a state that's rapidly anti-tax, to temporarily increase tax themselves so we can have stronger schools, safer communities and fix this chronic budget problem. >> after this speech, the governor flies to southern california. he'll be speak at los angeles city hall, then he'll meet with teachers in burbank. you can watch today's state of the state speech right here on ktvu channel 2. we'll show it to you live at 10 a.m. and if you can't get to your

television, we'll stream it live when our channel 2 website, ktvu.com. the online encyclopedia wikipedia has shut down for the wig day. coming up for at a 8:15, we'll go live to our washington, d.c. bureau to give reaction from the white house to the protests. san francisco hopes to cut down on traffic for the america's done. the municipal transportation agency tells the chronicle it has developed a plan to encourage visitors to take public transit. there will be a neumuneee metro line, the e line that runs from caltrain to fisherman's wharf. there will be extra service on certain us and routes. the america's cup is set for the summer of 2013. they're the hottest tickets in town right now for the biggest 49er game in years.

and they go on sale in just two hours. ktvu's tara moriarity joins is live from san francisco. so what do you think tickets will be going for? couple hundred? >> reporter: i just got a tip from -- stub hub, off king street. and they tell us because there are so many tickets out there, 8,000 to be exact for non- season ticketholders, you can see prices drop friday by 20 to 25% so about 220 a ticket. >> let's go! >> after last weekend's nail- biter against the saints, 49er fans are clamoring for tickets. in two hours season ticketholders get first dibs on the bulk of the 66,000 seats at candlestick park. and anything left over will go on sale at 1:00 in afternoon. but stub hub officials say ticketholders are holding out for top dollar. >> there are a lot of people

that have tickets and they list it for certain price but actually want to go. at the end. day they're listing it saying hey, i'll sell this if i can goat $10,000 or dollars 20,000. the relate is, those people are actually going to go to the game. >> 49er officials want to remind desperate fans not to fall prey to counterfeiters. they recommend buying only from reputable brokers and paying with a credit card. according to fox, last weekend's game may have had the highest td rating in nfl playoff history. 40million people tuning in for the last 20 minutes. and now fans really want to feel that electricity again, whether in person or in front of the tv set. to answer your questions, the highest ticket that is going right now is stub hub. they've sold for $2,000. >> thank you, tara. we'll run very loyal 49er fan is the winner of four tickets and sideline passes for free to

the game. jed york announced the wined last night. he asked fans to tweet why they think they should win the free tickets. and york made the announcement saying and the winner, watch the saints game last saturday while delivering her baby. here's the winning tweet. ktvu has you covered this sunday. we return -- we start with return to glory at 2 p.m. the fox pre-game show begins at 3. kickoff at 3:30. and we'll see you again after the game with a special edition of point after, approximately 7 to p.m. also following some raider news. two new names on the long list of possible candidates for the head coaching job. we'll have that story coming up at 8:15. we get to talk traffic now. we're not just talking sports.

sal is here, and he's going to tell us what is happening on the roads right now. >> we know this crash 880 southbound at stevenson it's become worse, blocking several lanes now. southbound 880 here at stevenson. you know the accidents become big when people who are on twitter -- they tweet you saying hey, this is -- this crash is legit! southbound 880 is backed up all the way to hayward, and that's awful. so one of the things you want to do is if you want to get on the freeway, let's say you live in fremont, get on sometime after stevenson, and if you're in hayward, i don't know. i wouldn't -- i don't know i are. you getting off the freeway because people are already taking side streets and they're jammed. across the bay, 80 -- i'm sorry, 101 southbound is busy into the valley from san mateo, all the way on down. we do have a good alternate that is 280, pretty good heading to the south bay. also this monk, we're looking at 880 northbound slow traffic

passing the coliseum. and at the bay bridge toll plaza it's beginning to look a little lighter on the way in the san francisco. it's about an 8 to 10-minute delay. now steve. >> thank you, sal. very good morning. we do have mostly sunny skies now, further north. and yes mostly cloudy skies and that will be the theme today. but a few reports of sprinkles or misty conditions in mendocino county but another 24 hours before this system really starts to crawl towards us, which will increase the rain opportunity. north bay in there sooner than anyone else but most of the day looks like increasing clouds or mostly sunny even towards the south bay. a freeze warning continues for santa clara valley down selena valley. shelter cover, windy but no rain yet. de accept rain on the north coast some lows this morning, soma 26. warmer than yesterday but still cold!

gilroy, palo alto, around 29. still 29 fairfield. but yesterday we're 19. livermore 28. pleasanton 29. napa airport 29. down to 20 yesterday. look at santa rosa, 36. clouds and also little south wind now starting to kick in and that's going to send our temperatures up. but if it's 20 and you get a south wind, 28 or something, that's cold. our system right there, riding up and over pounding the pacific northwest butt barometer is just way too high. we have to get that come way down and that will start tomorrow. high clouds, cold morning, increasing clouds in the north bay but rain should hold off until tomorrow. then we'll deal with it. so cloudy skies, rain moves in tomorrow, may take awhile for the south bay. this is our cloud and rain forecast. and watch how the rain line doesn't move until late tonight for the north bay. just stays there. increasing clouds through wednesday at 5. that's tonight at 10:00. really doesn't to anything. now starts to make a move

starting tomorrow morning, gets 32 mendocino county, and also napa county. by noon it's still around san francisco, oakland, concord north. and therein lies a slower forecast. by tomorrow night it will make it, and then we'll have the first system kick out of here. friday a break but the next system is howling along and it will be here friday night. that looks pretty good to me. saturday morning a break. sunday iffy, wind and rain. let's get the first two over with first. high clouds, 50s on the temps. mid-50s for some. near 60s for others mostly sunny skies for the peninsula, east bay and south bay and santa cruz. cloudy, skies tonight and tomorrow. then rain begins. starts north, goes south. windy, more rain friday night into saturday morning. a bleak saturday afternoon. sunday looks windy and cool. possible rain in the area. the dublin city council wants to impose some of the toughest laws for tobacco sales in the country. the council wants restrictions to outlaw tobacco sales near

homes, schools, daycare centers and parks. the proposals will also make selling cigarettes illegal and almost all parts of dublin. the councilmembers home to vote on it and start phasing in the tobacco ban before the end of this year. the national park service not happy at all with a christmas tree burning at san francisco's ocean beach. this was an unsanctioned event, it's a yearly tradition. volunteers and park personnel spent three days cleaning up after the mess. the examiner reports more than 100 christmas trees were recovered, 400 other trees were picked up on the dunes after that burning event earlier this month. a possible homicide in hollywood. the grim discovery at a los angeles landmark. also the occupy protests, one that involves the white house and the secret service.

good morning! sunrise over the big city, and it's mostly sunny, cold this morning. 20, 30s, local areas every frost and more clouds in the north and some really heavy rain on the north coast. we'll center to wait until this evening or even tomorrow to get any rain in here. pretty picture! you will not be able to access wikipedia or several other big websites today. they're protesting legislation in congress that some say will kill the internet as we know it. ktvu's allison burns is live in our washington, d.c. bureau to explains all this.

allison. >> reporter: dave, with these big name websites shotting down today, some members of congress are having second thoughts about supporting anti-piracy legislation. here's wikipedia, they have gone black. thousands of other sites are following suit. and while google is still running, it is black, out the google name as a show of solidarity. the legislation hopes websites liable for offering cop right content like movies and music, critics taking to the house floor this morning warning about the potential consequences. >> because of one, one blog entry, one user link, the whole domain be taken down. wow. that's pretty incredible. >> john boehner weighed in, against it and essentially said the legislation was dead for now in the house, but it still has very powerful backers in the movie, music and

pharmaceutical industries. they want their products protected online. now a looming question is, will the u.s. senate move ahead with a vote on the legislation next week? reporting live, allison burns, ktvu channel 2 news. president hopeful and republican front-runner mitt romney is responding to critics who want to force him to release his tax information. >> from investments made in the past rather than ordinary income or rather than earned annual income, i got a little bit income from my book. but i gave that all way. and ten in i get speakers fees from time to time but not very much. >> romney is a former massachusetts governor, eventer cal continuist who did very well. he puts his net worth a little a quarter billion dollars. he says he'll release his 2011 tax return if he wins the republican presidential not anything that. because most of his earnings come from investments, he says he is paying a federal income tax rate of about 15%.

that's about half of what many middle american income americans pay. president obama has tabbed jeff deitz to serve as the chief of management 3 budget, currently the office's deputy director for management. he previously served as the acting chief. he has something in common with republican presidential hopeful mitt romney, both men used to work at bain capital. the best's decision to appoint him may undercut some of the attacks on republican mitt romney's career as a venture capitalist. the secret service says occupy protestors are responsible for a security scare at the white house last night. agents say one demonstrator threw a smoke bomb over the fence during an occupy demonstration outside the white house gates. the secret service gave the all- clear a short time later. the first family was out celebrating michelle obama's 48th birthday at the time. occupy wall street west will hold a news conference this morning to announce its

plans for a day long protest in san francisco on friday. organizers say it will be the largest street protest in san francisco's financial district since the anti-war demonstrations nearly 10 years ago. the group vows to target banks and other companies in san francisco involved in foreclosures. police in richmond say they may not help out to handle future occupy protests in other bay area cities. police from richmond have come to oakland several times in recent months to help out in the occupy police raids. however, the richmond city council is now passed new guidelines involving when and where their police officers can son and to trouble other other cities. the guidelines are urging the police chief to carefully evaluate all mutual aid requests that involve civil unrest situations. los angeles detectives will go back to a famous l.a. landmark today after a gruesome

discovery. yesterday two dog walkers found a human head near the hollywood sign. police say the victim is a man in his 40s. he appears to have been killed recently. >> the head appears to be rather new. there was no evidence of decomposition that we know of, that we can see in the dark at this point. >> that area is a very popular place for people to hike and exercise. the police are going back to the park later this morning looking for more evidence. there are two new names on the long list of possible candidates for the raiders head coaching job. the chicago tribune reports the raiders have requested permission to talk with mike tice, coach for the minnesota vikings, who was recently promoted to offensive coordinator of the chicago bears. the other name is marty morningwig, the coordinator for the philadelphia eagles. he was head coach of the detroit lions 10 years ago. and two-time cy young award

winner tim lincecum is asking the giants for $21.5 million in arbitration. that is just shy of baseball's all-time record. roger clemmons asked for $22 million in 2005. the giants offered lincecum a club record $17 million. the team is confident it will soon reach common ground with with its superstar pitcher. and we're still waiting to find out whether denver broncos quarterback tim tebow will play in the upcoming at&t pebble beach pro am. he is recovering from rib and chest injuries. espn reports he was hurt during denver's lost at new england last weekend. there was speculation he would be paired with tiger woods. >> wow! >> for the golf tournament. but tony romo is expected to be woods' amateur partner. the tournament kicks off on february 6th. and it's interesting, lot of these athletes are good golfers. >> romo is real good!

in golf. yes, ma'am time is 8:21. football too. there's a new criticism involving a troubled police department. how it's all tied to some highly publicized protests. it is not too bad today. little chilly this morning but tomorrow a whole different story. steve will have details coming up. >> good morning! right now san francisco northbound 101, southbound 101, crowded but still moving along okay. we'll tell you more about the morning commute and the bridge check coming up. oh, those shoes are amazing. i just want to be her.

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today police chiefs from across the country are at the white house to talk about how to fight homegrown terrorism. it's part of president obama's plan to help local law enforcement deal with this issue. senior, federal count terrorism officials will show mishow to spot people who are plotting attacks. it's the first time unclassified analysis of homegrown terrorism will be presented to senior federal, state and local law enforcement officials. let's check back with sal. everyone behaving out there. >> we are. they are. but there are some trouble spots. i want to first of all look at our bay area bridges as we have a little grid we put up. and you can see that the bay bridge has a little crowded traffic now. coming up to the middle of that -- used to be the park lot, area now where the building is. it's about a five to 10-minute delay. san mateo bridge, golden gate and richmond bridge looking

good. the big problem in fremont, 880 southbound at the stevenson exit. a multi-vehicle injury accident blocking several lanes for a while. the traffic is still very slow out of hayward heading south. let's go to steve the. >> all right. thank you very much, sal and a very good morning. we have mostly sunny skies, misty conditions happening up in mendocino county although sandy in northern sonoma said earlier there were some mist and had to get the cows. but now she's said there's no more mist there. so everything is good some it's going to take awhile. however, up in oregon there is just -- howling wind and also very heavy rain, and it's in northern california too. it's just going on take another day before it gets here. you can see it the line there, about shelter cove some it has to get to ukiah, clear lake, before we can even mention it here. but there will be increasing clouds and misty conditions up there today. but tonight, tomorrow. really when we start it get this system closer. lot of 20s, lot of people

senning me twitter pictures on frost. it's another cold morning, just not as cold as yesterday but still cold. the system is a slow mover be has two speeds, slow and stop. if you're in it, it's in the rain. if not, you with mostly sunny skies. mostly sunny today. it will be a little warmer, southeast wind kick in in advance of that system. a lot of mid to upper 50s, maybe near 60 degrees. tomorrow we have cloudy skies. rain begins north bay first but i don't think it will make it to the south bay until after the noon hours. windy friday, more rain friday night into saturday. a break saturday afternoon. right now looks windy 3 unsettled on sunday. store employees robbed at gunpoint. san jose police say this was not your typical crime. >> reporter: a missing san jose hunter rescued from the cold waters of bay. we have an exclusive look at his boat and what may have gone wrong. >> also the northwest has its biggest snowstorm in years.

we have new information on how bay area airports are affected.

happening right now -- you're watching it. our cameras are right there. crews are digging up those commemorative brick walkways at the golden gate bridge we've been telling you about. this is new video we just got in. less than an hour ago. the crews are using a jackhammer to break up the walkway. the bridge district officials say has to be removed to make the area accessible for the disabled. however, this project is

angering almost 7500 people who paid for commemorative bricks out there. they were established in 1987. it was part of the golden gate bridge's if i 50th anniversary celebration. overnight news, a missing duck hunter who disappeared for almost 24 hours is safe, now recovering at the hospital. rescue helicopter pulled him to safety after he was out on the water by himself yesterday morning. ktvu's lorain blanco is there in san jose with the very latest. lorain. >> reporter: good morning. we just talked with the hunter's grandfather, who says he is okay. he was treated for hypothermia and low blood sugar. you can see him behind me over there, securing the hunter's boat. now, it appears the boat's motor is broken and there's no gap left in the tank. fire rescue -- hadn't been heard of since yesterday morning when he headed out to go duck hunting. a cal star helicopter pilot

rescued the 30-year-old about three miles northwest of marina. he was conscious but very cold. now just before the sun came up a couple good guys put off hunt to go help the family retrieve his boat. >> they gave us a accordance of where the boat was, and there was a way off because the tide had realize pen the boat floated almost to the mouth of slew so pretty easy to find. and it was just up in some actualees and we just retrieved it and brought it in. >> the man didn't bring any means of communication, search and rescue crews say hunters should have at least a cell phone and flares just in case. but as we said, just a couple seconds ago the man's grandfather says he is okay. he's being treated for hypothermia, still in the hospital as we speak. san jose police are still searching for two gunmen who robbed a medical marijuana collective last night at the

high standard medical collective on vermont street around. employees and customers were inside at the time, but no one was hurt. police say the two gunmen escaped with cash and some products. if you have any information, call san jose police. ktvu news has obtained court documents that shed new light on the domestic abuse allegations against san francisco's they sheriff. they show a videotape of ross mirkarimi's wife are on new year's came she crying and points to a bruise on her arm where she said her husband grabbed her the day before. sheriff mirkarimi is scheduled to be arraigned tomorrow on misdemeanor charges of domestic violence, child endangerment and dissuading a witness. he is strongly denied the allegations and vows to stay on the job. the city of oakland budget problems could mean hundreds of layoff notices for city

workers. 1500 society employees could get pink slips today. however, we're told that less than 200 of those employees are actually expected to lose their jobs. the city of oakland has to give notice to half of its 3,000 worker force to comply with seniority layoff rules. the city's trying to make up for a loss of $25 million in redevelopment money that went to pay employee salaries. there's a report that oakland police and not reforming the department fast enough. that is the conclusion of a new report from court appointed monitors. the report questions the police response to the occupy protests. the re viewers also question what they say was an unusually high number of internal affairs complaints that were ruled unfounded. oakland police plan to address these issues at a hearing next thursday from the 2003 riders police misconduct case.

pg&e failed to reclassify hundreds of miles of its pipelines. in a document filed with state regulators, pg&e says it wrongly classified 300 miles of transmission lines and that's more than first thought. the lines in question used to run through rural areas but are now in densely populated areas. that means more thorough inspections are required. regulators ordered pg&e to check their lines following the 2010 san bruno pipeline blast. a new warning for hikers in the santa cruz mountains after two mountain lions were spotted. the sighting happened around 6:00 last night on a trail 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. overnight the chp cancelled 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 salida last night. the chp is expected to give us more information about this later today. also san francisco's first homicide victim in 2012 had once paired on a reality tv show. the body of joseph was found in near the corner of sixth and steph vince street early last night. he died an hour later at a hospital. he recently moved to the bay area hoping to build a better life after being portrayed as a villain on the a&e show, intervention. the show is about drug addiction. vice president joe biden is headed to san francisco today for a fund-raising luncheon. the luncheon will be held at 11:30 at the bentley reserve on battery street. it costs between 2500 and dollars 10,000 to attend. the money raised from the event will go to both the obama for america re-election fund and

the democratic national committee. the vice president's wyche jill biden will also be in the bay area today. dr. bide epp end will visit the palo alto rehabilitation center at 12:30 this afternoon. she will also attend a technology event in san francisco called yaps for heroes at 2 clover 45. we have new information for bay area travelers heading to the northwest. alaska airlines is already cancelled dozens of its early morning flights in and out of the seattle and portland airports. that is due to the legion's worst snowstorm in more than 25 years. we just checked with bay area airports. the northwest storm has also forced the cancellation of at least one flight from sfo to seattle. another flight from sfo to portland is expected to be cancelled soon. a public hearing will be held don't in sunnyvale on the

mount restoration project. you can comment on a preliminary environmental impact report. the mount is in the santa cruz mountains on the former site of the almaden air force station. the mid-peninsula regional open stays district now owns the land. they want to tear down old military buildings and add several attractions, including trails, campsite, and a visitor's center. a scenic road through yosemite national park is closed this morning. this week's storms are expected to bring a lot of snow to the area. and this is one of latest closings on record. might be a different commute tomorrow morning with rain coming in. but let's see how things are going right now, check in with sal. >> all right. and using all my tools, sometimes i even go down to my

smarted phone and i see if anyone has actually -- sometimes my friends text me. i appreciate all the info. you can find me on twitter and go to ktvu.com and send me an e- mail. let's look at the maps. this crash 880 at stevenson moved to the shoulder but traffic is very from hayward. don't worry if you're driving from oakland to hayward. but hayward to san jose, very slow traffic. the crash on the shoulder. we're looking at 101 in the south bay here, and the traffic is going to be very slow along 101 all the way back from the capital expressway. we've had kind of a comedy of errors on 101 getting into sunnyvale. 237 got into the act. it's just hasn't been good. 85 slow from los gatos to calm tiananmen. 280 slow from 17 to cupertino. now let's go to steve. >> i messed up, steve. i started backwards. this is 880 new york the

traffic is slow as it normally is. and the bay bridge toll plaza traffic getting lighter and there are two construction workers on the roof. now let's go it steve. >> all right. now thank you sal. good morning. mostly sunny here unless you're in the north bay where it's mostly cloudy. just had a nice tweet from chris, he said dude, cloudy up here and cold in rohnert park. yet raquel in the mission district said sunny and very cold. lots of reports of frost this morning from crockett to san francisco down to san jose, where it's mostly sunny. so there's a distinct dividing line. the rain line stays north but there's been some misty conditions in mendocino county. you're in line today but sonoma county, napa, probably more so later tonight or even likely tomorrow when this whole rain line moves south. you can see some of the cloud cover even coastal clouds starting to reappear. but for the peninsula, east bay south bay, and parts of the city, it will be sunny but boy, was it cold this morning.

26 and just talked to somebody in the newsroom. she said i freaked out this morning because a little beaver came on my car, which tells me it's 35 or 36 some if that's been going, doesn't happen very often but 38 in the city today so even colder temperatures there. but again the freeze warning is out for this santa clara valley for about another 20 minutes. 29 fairfield. 29 napa. 28 livermore. so still cold numbers. there's a lot out there! we just need to get it here. and it will but not until thursday. then friday night, saturday looks good. so today a cold morning, 20s and 30s. clouds north. sun to the south. and then tomorrow, we'll bring in the clouds, the rain will begin. wind is already cranking up. this is our cloud and rain forecast. watch how it's based in the north. here comes thursday tomorrow night when things start to pick up. we'll get a break friday morning but friday night, sweeps over the entire area into saturday morning. a break saturday. the key will be what about on

sunday? oops. inch is closer so that's why. not a consensus on sunday. it will be windy and cooler and rain in the area. high clouds today, little warmer. fog on the coast. fair to the south. 50s for temps today. upper 50s to near 60 for some of that southeast wind. rain will started for some later tonight but more like lindbergh field for everyone tomorrow and again friday night and saturday. windy on sunday. a police scandal just outside the bay area. the racy photos raising serious questions. overnight news involving that italian cruise ship disaster. the big decision made just hours ago. >> a family of four sound asleep when fire breaks out in the garage. what the homeowner says alerted him to the danger. cçrrú

wall street continuing to trade higher following reports the international monetary fund could get more cash to help countries struggling to manage their debt. they say they need to increase the financial firepower by 500 billion. also u.s. home builders growing recipes mass tick about the housing market and outfits turned in december by the most in a year.

the dow is currently up 46. the nasdaq is also up 22, s&p up 7. other top stories we're following for you right now, in more than an hour from now governor brown will deliver his state of the state address. he's expected to use that speech to try persuade voters to approve his tax increase initiative on the november ballot. you can watch the speech live beginning at 10 a.m. either on ktvu channel 2 or our channel 2 website, ktvu.com. tickets for the sunday's 49ers playoff game against the new york giants go on sale today. season ticketholders get the first crack at 10:00 this morning. the remaining tickets will be offered to the general public at 1 p.m. you can only buy them through ticketmaster either online or by phone. and four people are safe, they escaped from a house fire in walnut creek earlier this morning. ktvu's claudine wong is there.

you talked to the homeowner about what alerted him to the fire. >> reporter: yes, we're talking with the family taking this all in stride. they've heard this fire before they saw it and look at what it's done to their cars and their garage. this white car you're seeing in fronts of you, that was given to the 17-year-old girl who lives here just about a month ago. her mom's car is in the garage and her dad's car also out in the driveway, all cars including this truck and atv destroyed by the fire. but the family says they are taking this in stride because they're glad everyone got out safely. this all started about 5 this morning. that's when the homeowner say they heard the fire. they were all sound asleep inside, the family of four. mom, dad, two kids. then the homeowner says he heard a noise from the garage that woke him up. >> combo of things, lot of noise, things cracking and popping. and got up and saw the fire coming out of the garage so got everybody out. >> it was going very good. and they did an excellent job

containing it to the garage. >> back out here live on greenway drive in walnut creek, you can see not much left of the garage but the chief said they were able to save the house and that is good news because they were able to save i wasser everything inside. the cause we phone know at this point. the homeowner has no idea what could have started the fire. firefighters still looking into it. but again, quite a mess out here as they look to clean up and recover from this. so you can see here we have the crews coming up to just board everything up and secure this garage area. again, homeowners say looking they consider themselves lucky of everyone out safe. kids go to school today. they'll clean this up and the day had move forward. >> thank you, claudine. the modesto police department has launched an investigation into some racy photos of officers on the job.

police say the pictures were taken between 2009 and 2010. this photo shows an officer pretend to go handcuff a girl on top of his squad car. officials say the officer in the photos left the department in 2010, but would not say why. >> if they're going to tolerate that on the force, then yeah, it's going to ruin the reputation of the police department. >> obviously, these photographs definitely something that we were concerned about, and blemish to us. >> pictures with another officer who police say is still on the force were also sent to the modesto police council. the police department is conducting internal investigations. so far city councilmembers have not commented. the search for missing people on that capsized cruise ship in italy was called 06 after the cruise ship started shifting in the water. the ship hit rocks and capsized off the coast of italy late

friday at least 11 people were killed, 28 others are still listed as missing. one man who got off the ship is talking about that experience. >> it's hard to think that i'm a survivor. like i haven't heard that term. someone said i'm so lucky. i've never thought of it that way. i just thought how lucky itches to get off and be alive. >> a judge released the captain of the ship there. released him from jail yesterday, placed him under house arrest. he is facing charges of manslaughter and abandoning ship before all passengers were rescued. san francisco police are asking for help 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, he died two months later. it happened near third avenue in the bayview district. a news conference will be held at the crime scene at 4 p.m. today. a $100,000 reward is offered to help solve the case.

police are asking anyone with information to contact them. police have exhumed the body of a woman to see if there's any connection to alleged serial killer joseph naso. the body was found in a creek in 1983, and new technology may give new clues. investigators decided to exhume the body after finding a list in his home. one of the entries on the list said, girl near heels burg. he was charged with murdering four women in the 1970s and 1990s. a former homeless teenager from new york has been invited to president obama's state of the union speech. she is 17-year-old samantha garvey, who became famous really after being named a semifinalist in the intel science competition. she was living if a homeless shelter with her family, where she found out she is up for a $100,000 scholarship. her family has since found a rent subsidized home,

congressman steve israel invited her to the president's state of the union speech on january 24th saying she is an inspiration. the united states wants to limit the amount of junk up there in outer space. nasa is working with other countries now to develop a set of rules. it's called the international code of conduct for outer space activities. united states is worried about the growing number of satellites and other space debris out there. it's a real risk of collisions that could threaten communications here on earth. back in 2007, china destroyed a disabled weather satellite and that caused a huge cloud of orbital debris that some worry might even collide with the international space station. fans of edgar allan poe are planning a final vigil for a visitor. for years a man has left three roses and cognac at his gravesite.

but for the last two years, the mystery man has been a no-show. the museum curator says he'll wait one last time tonight before calling an end to the annual tradition. a dramatic arrest following a high-speed chase, and ktvu was there when police officers took the suspect into custody. also, he was right on the money, a stranded man on a mountain burns cash like there's no tomorrow. we'll explain. so, this is delicious

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oakland police arrested a man accused of leading them on a high-speed chase. a ktvu was there yesterday when officers caught him. he ran up the stairs of a home own humboldt street it. appears he surrendered after he had no where else to go. police say the chase started on interstate 580, the man jumped out of the car in the fruitvale district and then took off on foot. a 14-year-old oakland boy is in custody accused of sexually assaulting two women. yesterday ktvu talked to the unman's family members after he turned himself in. the boy is suspected of assaulting and robbing two 28- year-old women earlier this month. the boy's aunt says even though he spent time in juvenile hall for robbery, she doesn't believe the new charges he's facing now is. >> now they said he might have did a robbery, i might agree with them. but a rape and an assault?

they need to stop putting that on him! >> the boy's family members say they're furious over the release of his name by police and they have contacted the naacp about it. police have not said whether he'll be tried as an adult. a stranded snowshoer stayed alive two nights in the cold of washington state by burning his money. 66-year-old young kim disappeared saturday when he slid down a slope on mount rainier. search crews found him alive on monday. he survived the freezing temperatures by first burning leaves and his extra socks, and when he ran out of those he started burns, one dollar and five dollar bills. he also took cover under a tree during the night and is lucky he got that monday, because there's a big storm coming up today. >> that's right. let's go back to sal, see what is happening on the roads. >> 880, quickly look at that. it's a little slow northbound 880 as you can see but at the bay bridge toll there's a late

crowd. and in san francisco, we have some slow traffic coming up to the 80 split. >> mostly cloudy north bay, cloudy further north. light mist but for most of the bay area sunny today. then increasing clouds tonight. cloudy tomorrow, rain begins in the north, spreads south thursday. friday night looks pretty good into saturday morning for rain. i still think sunday will be windy but okay. >> good news. for 49ers fans. >> all right. and that's our report this morning. thank you for trusting ktvu. see you next time news breaks. and join ktvu at noon for more on the state of the state address. we're always here for you at ktvu.com, and thank you for joining us. [ female announcer ] back to school means back to busy mornings.

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