move through. by the time it gets to san jose, it may fall apart. it's cold but not as cold. look at santa rosa, 44 degrees, livermore is 33 so the teens and 20s are out and the swath of moisture is continuing but it is losing its punch. later on breezy mild upper 50s to near 60 and we could have a baum my tropical day. the afternoon commute is not going to be good, it is not your fault but the other guy's fault driving in the rain, he doesn't know how to drive but you do. over to concord, this morning's drive is looking pretty good if you are driving interstate 880 in both directions, it is a

nice drive northbound and southbound. that is a nice looking drive approaching the 880 split, let's go back to pam. the search continues for the driver who fired shotat an undercover police sergeant. that gunfire led to a high- speed chase across the east bay. alex is in san leandro where it all gun, good morning alex. >> reporter: he opened fire from just a few feet away and the shooter managed to get away and the search is on. police say an undercover narcotics officer was doing surveillance in the neighborhood and started tailing a suspicious car, suddenly he pulled up next to the officers and the driver fired several shots into the unmarked police car.

he led police on a high-speed chase and at this time he was able to escape. >> at this time he was able to escape but we are networking and using resources to allow us to help get him into custody >> reporter: san leandro police say he was driving a black sedan. the car was last seen on the interchange. -- interchange. they are working to capture him behind this brazen attack of an undercover police officers. alex savage ktvu channel 2 news. today the county coroner is expected to release the name of a person who died in a horrible car crash. it happened on cherry street. investigators say a speeding

car carrying three burglary suspects. the driver of the car died at the scene. the call came as police received a call of three men nearby kick down the door of a nearby home. they raced to the home. >> the pursuit ensued and because of the suspect's reckless driving, the officer called off the pursuit. >> police called off the pursuit. >> one suspect was ron watkins and suffered critical injuries in that crash. he is due in court. mirkarimi is expected to plead not guilty to three misdemeanor charges, both he and his wife

strongly deny the charges. yesterday he and his wife took to the airwaves discussing the scandal with a venezuelaian radio station. lopez appears to blame outside sources. >> many will not forgive him for being a son of an immigrant married to a latino. >> ed lee issued a hearing, earlier the mayor said there were no imminent plans to suspend sheriff mirkarimi. and there were more than 2500 part-time employees and it's about double than what it is -- what is discussed. it gives them options on consolidating services. 400 people will actually loose their jobs. police and firefighters are exempt due to their contracts.

oakland will lose in state redevelopment funds. in election news this morning, more controversial information about the republican front-runner mitt romney, he has part of his millions invested in the cayman islands. his aides say he never used the location as a tax haven. he jumped on the statement saying he paid federal taxes at a 15% rate. >> i fully expect the mitt romney campaign to be dirty and dishonest because they are desperate, they thought they could by this. >> his tax rate is 31% which is more than twice mitt romney's president barack obama's 12 5%. the discussion will come up and it is the last debate before

the south carolina primary. we are learning about a big about face from the results of the iowa caucuses. they are said to release the being at 615 this morning. new tabulations actually show he finished ahead of rick santorum. it indicated romney beat rick santorum by 8 votes. >> he would eliminate tuition all together. under the plan students will not have to pay anything while attending school and instead they will pay 5% of their annual income after graduation. some students say the new pay structure can actually triple overtime but others are against

it saying public education should be paid through public funds. 9ers are currently selling tickets for the proposed stadium. the cuts could make up the single largest force receiving $20 billion a year for the city's naming rights and the nfl is voting on whether to contribute $200 million to help finance that new stadium. a project forced the issue to another vote and santa clara placed fair submitting 11,000 signatures to the office yesterday. they need 4500 valid names. approved measures say they would not be allowed to pay 40

million for the project and it does not need to go to a vote. >> time now 47, a peninsular newborn will grow up and coming up in about 10 minutes, his father opens up about how his son's birth won family tickets to this game. they are investigating a violent robbery at immune any bus -- muny bus stop. the examiner is reporting that a woman approached a 17-year- old girl and when she did not comply the woman ripped the necklace off her neck. the suspect took the girl's purse and ran off. immune any bus driver has been charged in connection with the city's castro district back in august. the victim is emily dunn. she was in the crosswalk when

the bus hit and killed her. cameras in the bus show the driver was looking in his side view mirror and did not see dunn until it was too late. the driver will be a rained tomorrow. san francisco's subway project is getting a boost. they have been grabbed a letter -- granted a letter of nonprejudice but the final agreement is on its way. they have applied for $1 billion in federal money to help pay for the project. i want to go to sal, just a friendly reminder, that is hard to say at this time. wet roads.

>> wet roads? well you may be driving home in wet weather so bring the raincoat and get out early. maybe if you leave early you can get to work early. steve will tell us how the rain is going to be. any little bit of rain will impact your afternoon drive. again it is dry but it looks good when you get to the bay bridge toll plaza. people are getting through well. it is looking nice getting up to highway 17, here is steve. thank you, we are waiting for this system and remember when it is a dry year, these systems done usually do much. they have to wait until about after 6:00 tonight. there is a lot here.

increasing clouds, there is going to be really heavy totals to the north. we will have increasing clouds and the bulk of the rain will stay in the north bay. now things are starting to juice up but the atmosphere is really dry, now south winds ahead of this will give cloud cover and that means some temperatures in the 40s. is santa rosa 4 and remember two days ago they were in the 20s. it looks really good but unfortunately the bar met rick pressure is up showing rain in the north bay and slow process by the time the system gets to the santa cruz mountains it will fall apart.

due to a south wind, this is a mild air mass, not a cold air mass. temperatures are near average for some. now, we will get some rain into friday and there will be rain friday night into saturday morning and there will be late rain and next week is looking dry as high pressure is building back in, pam. 4:41 is the time, they are looking forward to the rain. we found some people stocking firewood around power road. just to keep in mind, the flood level is 32 feet. 4:42 is the time, storms headed to the bay area, the problems is caused and why some emergency responders are still

concerned, we will have more on that coming up. vice-president joseph biden's visit, the thing he said about the 9ers and how he corrected himself, we will have more on that. things look good going through the tunnel, we will tell you more about the morning commute and the bay area weather, stay tuned.

. a strong system heading to parts of the bay area, the storm dumped a record-setting 6.8 inches of snow fell in seattle technical coma -- tacoma airport. driving conditions remain treacherous and that's creating concerns for emergency responders. >> the fear is too many people will be out driving and crash and we will have a whole extra set of calls to get to. >> tomorrow rain is in the forecast there and temperatures are expected to go to 40s and the national weather service said it could cause flooding.

rescue efforts were suspended after the ship shifted and making it unstable. many people are still missing. the vessel ran aground and this morning two people were identified as being from france. today president barack obama will layout a plan to increase tourism in the u.s. he will make his speech at the world's most popular theme park. they will release the ads at the end of this month before the state's primary and the trip gives him a chance to bring things up for his his campaign. the media was allowed to film his wife's visit to the

hospital. injuries include posttraumatic stress disorder. policy is only one of five treatment centers in the u.s. back in 2005, vice-president joseph biden told a crowd at a fundraiser, quote, giants are on their way to the super bowl after being jeered he corrected himself saying he was thinking of other team and their winning ways. yesterday's a couple's tweet wouldn't them tickets. while going through contractions she asked her husband to tweet why they

deserved tickets to sunday's game. >> my wife kept telling me it is a pretty good story and it should attract attention but you always play the odds. >> they won four tickets and on field passes. mom will stay at home with their newborn sun, vincent giovanni. we have been asking you to send us pictures of your 49ers pride. and this couple spent their honeymoon at the saints. if you have a photo you would like to share, go to the website we would love to see them. pre-game coverage starts at 2:00 p.m. with return to glory, kickoff at 3:30, following the game, we'll see you with mark ban

yes, sir and -- banness. >> rumors of its demise are greatly exaggerated... >> the governor said this year's $5 billion deficit is a lot better than last year's $20 million deficit and he again called for bridging the remaining gap with increased taxes. >> while we have not turned the corner completely, we can see around the bend and we can see that straight away ahead. >> he is going right to the voters and holding a gun to their head saying if you don't raise taxes, i will cut education. >> governor brown is talking about his tax initiative. his initiative proposes a sales

tax increase on people who make more than $250,000 a year. aspected, he hopes the chapter 11 filing will give it enough time for some of its 1,100. it also says it has obtained $950,000,000.18 months loan from citigroup to keep it going. facebook is adding 60 new apps that make it easier for members to share details of their lives. the new apps go from concerts to tickets and members can limit what they see on their timeline. new hope for the reopening of the washington monument. this generous gift and more and

may the misery deepen. the new discovery, a human head is found, stay tuned for more news weather and traffic coming up.

. welcome barks prosecutors have introduced dna to serial killer naso. dna from the pantyhose from the victim roxanne likely came from naso but dna from another pair of pantyhose matched that of naso's wife. she was found dead in 1977. naso was charged with that killing and three others between 1977 and 1994. hollywood will be backed

for the third day in a row seeking answers to a gruesome mystery. ahead was found just the day before. the man in his 40s was likely killed recently. they are looking for missing persons reports and dental records to try to figure out who he is. it could reopen thanks a generous -- thanks to a generous donation. they found cracking in the top of the monument but today, philanthropists are expected to receive a million dollars donation to cover repairs. he wants the monument to reopen to the public as soon as possible. it is time for sal, i am

glad people give to a nice cause. >> i do too. the washington monument is nice. let's look at the commute, the traffic is looking nice and this is a good looking drive all the way up to the mcarthur maze. westbound bay bridge, no problems coming into san francisco and if you are driving this morning on northbound 280, northbound 17, the southbound commute looks good. let's go to steve. >> i know we are waiting and waiting and waiting, while there are some to the north there in lies the key and this system is fine and we still have a ways to go. by the time it is arrives, we will lose the punch. barometer is still high. yesterday is 30 / 40 so at

least it is coming down a little bit. you can always tweak me and i had some reports yesterday in mendocino county and that system stalled out just like we thought. temperatures are coming up with a south wind and it will be a cloudy day after that we'll see increasing clouds but this system again is looking good. let's hope it makes it but remember, we have had dry weather for seven weeks now. the increasing clouds with breezy weather, santa clara 50s and 60s and we will start with rain in the north and hopefully it will make it to areas around the bay. so rain comes in tonight and early friday. friday night, saturday morning we will get some more rain hopefully. we have a break saturday and then on sunday we start off

okay. monday next week high pressure builds back in pam. overnight, a close call from san leandro police officers, how close it was when he opened fire. and keeping the power on for the playoffs, how much money pg&e has set to make sure the lights are set for the big 9ers game, we will be right back.