out most powerful storm sweeps through the bay area. we'll show you the areas hardest hit and tell you how residence and businesses are preparing for another round. >> quite a soaker! what you can expect for saturday coming up. >> three officers injured as protestors are a arrested after a tense night in a san francisco hotel.

what police are planning this morning. good morning. welcome to mornings on 2. it's saturday, january 21st. the bay area is recovering from the winter's most powerful storm yet. we do have live team coverage this morning. ktvu's allie rasmus is live in mill valley, where flooding is a major concern. but first let's look at what's ahead with the weekend. rosemary. >> good morning to you! we are drying out and it's happening pretty rapidly. take a look at storm-tracker 2 picking up a little light rain over areas right along vallejo, into the east bay. we're seeing some just east and southeast of livermore, but again, we've got improving conditions in time for your saturday. a broad view, you can see we've got cloudy skies, maybe a little drizzle out there but nothing like we saw in the overnight hours. we'll look at some of those rain totals and your numbers expected for today, and we'll

talk about that super bowl sunday forecast coming up. in our team coverage continues in the north bay, where some businesses are cleaning up after heavy rain brought floodwaters to their doors. allie rasmus is live this morning in mill valley. and how is it looking like now? >> reporter: we're at miller and lagueux he's streets and you can see where there's some caution tape on the stop sign. that's because last night they had to completely shut down this intersection because of flooding. and we walk here, the bar located on the corner. they have sandbags out from last night. the water has receded, but we'll show what this neighborhood looked like at 10:00 last night. water rushed through the streets. you could hear the rain and water rushing down the intersection here. this intersection was closed off to traffic. floodgates were up. some of the businesses, sand bags were out it try to stop some of the damage. two restaurants on the street,

within the bar we just showed you, had problems with flooding, and firefighters and police were called in to help. >> we had a band of weather come through town, dropped a lot of rain really quick. and we had some of our drains overcome with water. >> and over in oakland, driving on highway 580 splashed of waves of water and all that water did lead to some accidents. this is 580 oakland neither seminary exit. two cars were involved in an accident there last night during the height of the storm. and chp had to shut down part of that highway. and the storm also caused some power outages. in tiburon a downed tree split a power pole in two. this is near paradise and trussel glen. 20 homes in that area are without power. and pg&e told us they won't be able to get the power back on until 10 this morning because they have to restring hundreds of feet of new power lines to

that area because of the damage. there are power outages throughout the bay area this morning. the largest one in castro valley hayward, 19,000 homes and businesses still without power, and the concern for businesses, especially in flood- prone areas like this one, is the next round of storms is on the way. so it's very likely the sandbags will be out here in the floodgates may have to go back up again tomorrow. allie rasmus, ktvu channel 2 news. the power outages and right now pg&e is working to try to to fix them around the bay area. by 90 minutes ago power was remember stored to customers in richmond. right now in castro valley, hayward, that area a similar problem has knocked out power to about 19,000 customers. pg&e says it does not know when that problem will be fixened. and this morning highway patrol is warning drivers to slow down after a number of reports of some small flooding

on highways. this is video of northbound 880 off brant in oakland. at least a foot of water has accumulated in that area. highway patrol officers marked that spot using flares. and a petaluma man remains in serious conditions after being hit by a teenage driver who police say received his license just two weeks ago. officers say 30-year-old thomas folks was walking near the washington square shopping center when he was struck by a car driven by 17-year-old todd swen. he hit a windshield before going over top of the car and was transported to the hospital and is expected to survive. police say alcohol does not appear to be a factor. if before you get in your car today, you can always get weather updates into your phone by signing up for mobile ktvu.com. police this morning are keeping an eye on a vacant san francisco hotel after a tense night with occupy protestors.

a ktvu photographer caught protestors entering the old cathedral hill hotel last night. they went in through a back entrance. the protestors are demanding the hotel be reopened for homeless families. san francisco police arrested at least three people for trespassing, and police tell us three officers were injured after confrontations with protestors. >> everything i have seen here tonight has been really peaceful and great, except there was a moment where the police actually were being violent. but i haven't seen protestors being violent tonight. >> officers admit they didn't sweep the entire building and some protestors likely stayed in that old hotel overnight. a complete sweep to of the building is planned for this morning. protestors also targeted san francisco's bentley dealership. this shows shattered windows at the luxury car dealership. one block away from the old cathedral hill hotel. crews could be seen working

late. and a protest at that old hotel started earlier with a march from the embarcadero and that's where ktvu crew ran into injured iraq war veteran scott olson. >> i want to see all of our wars and i want to see a return to get the government and the people's hands rather than the -- hands. >> he suffered a skull fracture when he was hit in the head during an occupy oakland protest in october. olson says he may file a lawsuit against police and oakland officials. he also hopes to go back to work part-time in the next few weeks. this morning students at uc berkeley are continuing what is called a study of-in to protest reduced library hours. the students started the study- in at the anthropology library on thursday. the daily californian is now reporting students voted last night to continue on with the protests, despite warnings from

campus officials to leave. 16 people remained in the library as of 11:00 last night. new developments in the domestic violence case surrounding san francisco's sheriff's ross mirkarimi. san francisco mayor ed lee is now asking mirkarimi do some soul-searching. a spokeswoman tells the examined the mayor wants mirkarimi to take this weekend to think about whether he can still do his job as sheriff. the spokeswoman adds the smooth operation of the sheriff's department is important. mirkarimi is facing misdemeanor charges and for a new year's eve incident involve. his wife. he denies any wrongdoing. the 49ers and giants are now just one day away from taking the field at candlestick park for the nfc championship game. if san francisco police say they will be in the stands making sure everyone is safe. officers arrested 23 people during last week's game against the saints. 54 fans had to be ejected, and now san francisco police say

they will be even more officers patrolling the stadium tomorrow. that includes undercover officers dressed in giants gear. >> somebody be obnoxious towards a plainclothes san francisco police officer, for immediate removal, treat everybody as if you would be with a cop when you're there. >> police are also asking fans to text bad fan to the 49ers if they see someone out of control. and you can watch tomorrow's nfc championship game right here on ktvu channel 2. our coverage begins at 2:00 with the return to glory pre-game show. kickoff scheduled for 3:30. if our live point after show follows the game. good morning to you! that championship could be wet for today. we're drying out and our saturday actually looks pretty good. plenty of clouds, little bit of drizzle still falling, and

we've got just a few scattered showers in the forecast for the first half of your saturday. this is a 24-hour loop. boy, did it really come down at times last night! wind driven rain at times as well. but this moncks scattered showers in the forecast, and improving conditions for the afternoon. we've got plenty of rain out there. and as we progress through the afternoon, it will taper off. it will be back with us for tomorrow. let's look at the winds right now gusting still to 25 miles per hour in napa. 15 miles reported in oakland. and 20 miles per hour sfo. and 30 miles per hour near fairfield some getting out early this morning, especially if you need to be driving, be prepared for that. it will begin to die down in the afternoon, but we've got breezy conditions expected. here we are with mostly gray skies, a few light showers expected by about 10 or so. notice the clouds are breaking up. but still little bit of light blue popping up by noontime. still hanging around just a little bit.

3 or 4:00, partly to mostly cloudy and most of that moisture out of here. while we sleep it will be back, mostly cloudy expected. then tomorrow morning here comes the next round of rain and it will be with us for sunday. if you're headed to the sierra, still advisories in place. a winter storm warning for the greater lake tahoe area. the gusts still blowing to 45 miles per hour, closer to 125 miles per hour over some ridges. one to three feet of snow at the highest elevations of snow levels dropping down to 4,000 feet this morning. taking a look at the current temperatures, upper 40s, low 50s so not too bad. 49 san rafael. 50 in oakland. about in hayward but soggy, breezy, it's going to feel cool. forecast highs for today, widespread 50s in the forecast. 53 degrees for napa. as well as concord. 58 expected hayward. 54 in san francisco. as we head south, upper 50s san jose. 59 degrees expected for mountain view. there's the extended forecast. morning showers, followed by a little bit of dry weather for your saturday afternoon.

sunday morning, we're back with the showers, and they're going to continue it looks like monday, perhaps a slight chance for rain lingering for the first half of the day. morning fog expected by tuesday. temperatures ranging in the mid to upper 50s. low 60s as we hit mid-week wednesday. we'll look at some of those 24 hour rain totals coming up. a face-off is about to get underway between two republican candidates for president. why the two white house hopefuls will be meeting up in just 30 minutes at the same south carolina restaurant. and police may be closer to solving a gruesome murder mystery. what we are now learning about the victim whose body parts were found scattered near the iconic hollywood sign. but first, let's take you outside. you're looking at the 101 and a lot of wet roads out there. we're seeing some spinouts on bay area roadways to use caution and patience if you're heading out right now. you're watching mornings or 2.

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good morning for you! a live look there, ski resorts. we've got snow falling this morning and advisories in place for the sierra through at least the afternoon. at least eight inches of snow is expected in chicago. if people are fearing another snowmageddon. this is lakeshore drive along lake michigan. yelled city officials began plowing that road and detouring buses off the icy streets. they say last year hundreds of cars got trapped on the busy road when 20 inches of snow fell on the city. creating what residents called snowmageddon. after school activities were also closed. the students could make it home before the storm. right now there are still minor delays in and out of chicago airport. the snow cancelled hundreds of flights yesterday, more than

300 flights were cancelled out of o'hare. and 70 flights were canned out of midway, which accounts for 15% of its traffic. this morning delays up to 15 minutes are being reported for arrivals and departures, and flights to philadelphia are delayed for almost two hours. so far, there are no weather- related delays at any bay area airports. primary day in south carolina with a face-off between mitt romney and newt gingrich. both candidates are scheduled to be at the same greenville, south carolina barbeque restaurant in just about 30 minutes. romney's campaign is calling the dual events a coincidence. newt gingrich's campaign says the former house speaker released his schedule first and is happy to have romney at his event. despite the four-man race in south carolina, stephen colbert is in the state testing the waters for a possible

presidential campaign. he is asking people who want to support him to vote instead for former g.o.p. candidate herman cain. cain is still on the ballot. >> he's a man with ideas, a man with convictions, a man with a -- bust with his face on it. gandhi didn't have that. i want you to vote for herman cain because herman cain is hee. >> but cain says he doesn't want people in south carolina to vote for him today because it would be a waste of a vote. chuck norris is sounding off on who he wants to see in the white house. the martial arts star says he is endorsing newt gingrich. norris says he believes the former house speaker has the best chance of beating president obama in november. again it's primary day in south carolina, and it's appearing to be a two-man race between mitt romney and newt gingrich. john roberts is live this

morning from charleston with a look at what to expect today and good morning to you, john. >> reporter: good morning to you too. just a little update four. train wrecked it was supposed to has been, mitt romney showed up early. he spoke to the crowd there for a few minutes. looks like he's on his way out now. i think he's just about ready to leave. newt gingrich expected to arrive in about 20 minutes' time or so. so that conflict that we were expecting here on primary day in south carolina appears to have been avoided because mitt romney came early. i'll tell you, south carolina is a real indication that the only thing that counts is election day. this time last week, not many people are would have said newt gingrich was going to win here today. many people are saying he could probably pull it out of his hat. the problem for newt gingrich is that according to the latest public policy poll, 35% of people who say they support him also say they may switch their vote to someone else. and who night that be? mitt romney or rick santorum?

many people who support newt gingrich have a second choice of rick santorum so we'll see how that goes. what to watch for today is a results come in. let's put up a map of south carolina. this is congressional districts. you see the first and second districts on the coast, and reaches up into columbia. that is territory that mitt romney should do very well in. but newt gingrich is competing very heavily here. it may not be like it was in 2008, when john mccain won all of that and then mike huckaby won the upstate. but the real places to watch are the third and fourth districts, screen greenville and york county, a suburban of charlotte, north carl. if mitt romney cannot repeat what john mccain did there in 2008, get about 24 or 25% of the vote, his road to victory here in south carolina is going to be difficult. another big question -- what about the military vote? in 2008, because of his record as a veteran, much of that

military vote went to john mccain. but that military vote is being vied for by at least three and maybe all four candidates. ron paul appears to anti-war sentiments and among veterans, and there are 400,000 of those veterans here in south carolina. and newt gingrich and mitt romney both aggressively courting the military vote. so likely if that vote could split this year as opposed it going en masse one way. so those are all things that we're going to be watching for here in south carolina. but the one thing you got to keep in mind here, what looked like a sure bet for mitt romney just five days ago really is the tightest of tight races between gingrich and romney. i talked with a strategist. he said this will be a tight race, really the only hope that mitt romney has to win this is if the momentum that newt gingrich built up over the last few days stalls out. and so far, there's no indication of that. back to you. >> no doubt newt gingrich making a push in south carolina. john roberts, thank you for

that report. president obama is promoting tourism, and this weekend's online video address. >> we're going to ex panel the number of countries where visitors can get cleared by homeland security so they don't need a tourist visa. and we're going to speed up visa processing for countries are growing middle classes that can afford to visit america. countries like china and brazil. we want more visitors. >> the president also went on to ask americans to tune in to his state of the union address scheduled for this tuesday. the search continues this weekend. for the 21 passengers still missing after the concordia disaster. one week has passed since the cruise hit is hit a reef in italy, causing it to overturn. rescue officials say the ship continues to move about a half inch per hour, possibly because the ship is slipping off the reef. as a result, search crews are staying above the water. the coast guard will decide when driving operations can resume. the los angeles coroner has identified the man whose dismembered head, hands and

feet were found near the iconic hollywood sign. he's a 66-year-old former mexicana airlines employee. los angeles police searched an apartment building in connection with the investigation on thursday night. people who live there say they saw police pulling at least one car from the building when that search was conducted. >> really frightening that it's this close to my house. i live right next door. like i said, i don't know -- we don't know what is going on yet. >> the building complex is located about two miles south of the park where the body parts were found. the head was found tuesday by a dog walker, and police searchers turned the his hands and feet. no arrests have been made. thousands of people in seattle are still without power this morning after a number of storms pound that region and it could still be awhile before that power comes back on. and wind storms are causing a sandy mess on the oregon coast. look at that. why one resident says they won't, digging out any time soon. >> it's the morning after, and this storm now winding down.

what you can expect for your saturday afternoon, coming up.

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people in oregon are digging sand out of their homes just as they brace for a new set of windstorms headed their way beginning wednesday, 70- mile-an-hour wind gusts hit the area of waldport along the oregon coast. residents there say the wind was strong enough to pushed sand right up against their doors and windows. >> the dog and i just laid in bed, and i said this is the safest place. and the wall was pushing my head, and it had -- it was going in and out the winds were so strong. >> and those strong winds are expected to continue through the weekend. the cause of a building collapse in western washington is now under investigation. firefighters say three employees were in that building which belongs to an ice making company. they say the employees heard loud noises and cracking sounds

and were able to run outside before the collapse. everyone made it out safely and no injuries were reported. firefighters say there's been a large fall in the weight of the snow on the roof could have caused it to give way. in other parts of western washington, thousands are facing a weekend without power. puget sound energy says there are about a quarter million people in seattle, tacoma and olympia without power. snow, wind and ice responsible for bringing down numerous trees and power lines. crews are hoping to have power restored by early next week. speaking of snow, good to see up in the sierra finally snow making its way south into california. let's check in with rosemary on the forecast here in the by area. >> yes, good morning to you! i was just checking the ski resorts. heavenly a new foot of snow. take a look at that! winter wonderland. it is going to be snowy there for the first half of the day. and we do have advisories in place if you are headed to the sierra so make sure you check those roadways. we picked up quite a bit of

rain here, six inches falling over parts of santa cruz mountains in the last 24 hours. two nfl inches over napa, santa rosa, and looks like almost 2 1/2 in kentfield. almost an inch near oakland. so quite a bit of rain. we were really feeling it and the winds still breezy this morning. we will continue to watch those showers just taper off, lighten up throughout the day, then we'll be dry for the most part by saturday afternoon. sunday, though, the next system comes in. by the morning hours light showers in the forecast, and the 49er forecast looks like it's going to be pretty soggy. could even be a little breezy. afternoon highs expected for today, 57 for oakland, 58 in hayward. 59 mountain view. so may actually be a nice day to get outdoors at least for the afternoon. spend some time. 56 degrees will be the average through the weekend. you can see it afternoon highs tomorrow morning if we wake up with partly cloudy skies,

before the showers arrive we could be a little cooler. drying out by monday afternoon. and we're looking pretty dry tuesday and wednesday. back to you. a light rain continues to fall in mill valley and making clean-up tougher. the first storms of season have already caused flooding there. and the sierra ski resorts welcoming as much of the snow as the storms will give them. tell you how these storms are changing the conditions in the tahoe area.

the clean-up is underway after a wet and windy night in the bay area. and at the same time, more weather is headed our way. good morning, everyone. welcome back to mornings on 2. we are on storm watch this morning as light rain continues to fall. overnight the storms caused flooding in the north day. with allie rasmus is live in mill valley where sandbags are still in place as residents wait for in next batch of storms to move in. >> reporter: along with the rain, the wind was a problem too. you can see it was strong enough to knock over trees and heavy planters like the one you see there. the winds is picking up. it's still moving around. we're on miller avenue in the middle of mill valley, and right now the only sign you can see out here that there was any flooding is this giant puddle.

but we look over, you can see some of the businesses have sandbags out. and this is the reason why. this is what the intersection of miller avenue and la goma looked like last night. you could see the water rushing through the street and hear it. the street was closed off to traffic for a while, as businesses put up floodgates and sandbags. mill valley police 3 firefighters were called out to help after rain and debris clogged up stormwater drains and flooded the streets. >> it was quick action from us and also the establishment owners, we were able to get the sandbags out and prevent any water from coming into the establishments. >> cars driving on highway 580 crashed into huge waves of water, and it led to some accidents. two cars were involved in an accident and chp had to shut down part of the highway for a while.

the storm also caused power outages in tiburon. a downed tree split a power pole in two. its branches were tangled up. this is near the intersection of paradise and trussel glen. 20 homes in that neighborhood are without power this morning. pg&e says they won't be able to get the power back on to the roads until 10:00 this morning because there's so much damage, crews have to restrain some power lines. back out here live, the front of one of two businesses here in mill valley that has problems with flooding. they had the sandbags out there and of course the concern is there's another round of storms on the way. so it's likely the sandbags will stay out there throughout the weekend. allie rasmus, ktvu channel 2 news. the much-needed rain is a welcome sight for bay area dairy farms. yesterday we were out in soma county where workers say the rain came just in time. they say the cows drinking water reservoirs were filled up, and the grass got moisture preventing them from buying expensive feed. the wet weather is necessary for good business. >> which is so important for

the economy in this region. you know, it's real critical. so we're all happy, we're happy it's here. >> dairy workers say livestock ate the fresh grass, delivering a better tasting product some when the rain comes down, they catch and store the runoff. it's needed because you never know how long that next dry spell is going to last. rosemary will have the full forecast in just a few minutes. and you can get weather updates sent to your phone by signing up for mobile ktvu.com. san jose family is celebrating what it says is a happy ending to a terrifying ordeal that began when a man broke into they are home yesterday morning. just before 1:30 a.m., police received a frantic call from a home on taffy court. family members say a man had broken in, fired a handgun and kidnapped an 11-year-old girl who lived there. they say the man broke in is tri le, on ex-boyfriend of the

girl's mother. police tracked him down around noon at his apartment. >> the suspect appeared in a window with the victim, he was holding the victim as a hostage. armed with a handgun. >> police say a s.w.a.t. team member shot le after he opened fire on police officers. le was pronounced dead. the girl was taken to the hospital but is now back home with her family. a new development in the pepper spray incident at uc davis that received national attention. the district attorney is not going to bring charges. the d.a. says there's insufficient information in the police report to file criminal charges. family and friends will hold a candlelight vigil tonight for a vallejo man killed one year ago. early in the morning of january 21st, 2011, 23-year-old enrique jimenez was found fatally shot in a suv just off interstate 80. friends say he was in the parking lot waiting for his

boss to pick him up for work. who arresta have been made. tonight's ridge sill in the parking lot at 6:30. a trial date is expected to be set next month for the woman killed with killing michelle le. gisele esteban pled not guilty to the charges yesterday. le disappeared in may from the kaiser permanente medical center in hayward. her body was found in a remote area on september 17th. esteban will be back in court on february 17th. and on monday, we should find out whether suspected serial killer joseph naso will go to trial for the death of four women. prosecutors presented their final evidence yesterday in naso's preliminary hearing. naso also delivered his own rebuttal argument. the 78-year-old is accused of killing four women between 1977 and 1994. and elderly man has admitted to starting a massive wildfire near reno that forced thousands to evacuate. fire officials say the man

improperly threw ashes from his fireplace and is extremely remorseful. hundreds of firefighters are still on the scene this morning watching for hot spots. that fire began thursday afternoon and burned about six square miles. it is about 65% contained. a 93-year-old woman was found dead but it hasn't within determined yet if her death was a result of the fire. today officials fear forecasted rain and snow could cause flooding in the burned areas. the nfc championship game kicks off tomorrow at candlestick park, and in preparation the department of public works just kicked off a pre-game clean-up. right now city crews are picking up litter and washing away graffiti. pothole crews are also filling potholes on the streets. and the san francisco recreation and parks department wants to send you and a friend to tomorrow's game for free. all you have to do is log on to the department's facebook page

and write in a post why you love the recreation and parks department. you can also send the department a tweet. winning entry will be announced at 2:00 this afternoon. good morning to you! the sun now up, and we can actually see a little bit peeking through the clouds this morning. a few scattered showers over the area, but tapering off for the afternoon and we will be mainly dry for your saturday. take a look at storm-tracker here, major improvements in the last couple hours. really coming down in the overnight hours, i'm sure you heard it on your rooftop. areas over the mountains still dealing with a few scattered showers. you can see over pleasanton, as well as dublin, perhaps near livermore, at this hour. just a bit towards the west, we've got light rain over san leandro, hayward and oakland. concord seeing maybe a shower or two. and let's head to the north bay, just a few scattered showers perhaps near petaluma. we will continue with a bit of light rain for the morning

hours, and then we will will be again drying out for the afternoon. just a slight chance for maybe a sprinkle. it will turn out to be actually pretty nice day compared to what we've seen recently. 25 miles per hour the winds in napa so very breezy out there. 30s still reported at fairfield. these are wind gusts. livermore reporting 15 miles per hour. san jose 15. 15 at oakland. 20 miles per hour at sfo. take a look at the satellite radar. this loop is 24 hours, shows you the storm pretty much from beginning to end. there it is, sliding through last night into early this morning. and now behind it just a little bit of unsettled weather, but backed up because the next storm already on the horizon. going to hit us on sunday. mostly gray skies for saturday morning. we are looking at about 10:00 now, and we still got a little bit of light rain. not going to be a lot, but here we are now at lunchtime, still clouds, a few sprinkles in the area, and then through the afternoon partly for mostly cloudy skies, turning mostly cloudy in the overnight hours.

tomorrow morning we wake up and the rain is back with us. so enjoy the afternoon. it may be that little bit of dry weather that we are going to get for the weekend. 47 santa rosa. right now 50 in oakland. 52 hayward. afternoon highs going to be cool, widespread 50s in the forecast. 54 san francisco. 59 mountain view. 59 for morgan hill. extends the forecast, looking pretty good for your afternoon today. more rain on the way for the big 49er game tomorrow. and then scattered showers as we get to work monday morning. drying out tuesday and wednesday. back to you. the bay area snow means a few inches of rain or -- in the bay area the rain here means snow for the sierra. but the question is, is it all going to stick around? we are live in blue scan on. it looks cold out there! >> reporter: it's freezing! my hair is frozen! it's been jumping hard here in blue canyon since midnight. we've received about eight inches of new snow. check out the roads now.

not looking too bad although the peak traffic is expected at 8 this morning, when skiers and snowboarders are expected to hit the roads here on 80 to go to the ski resorts. it's been a very dry season so, so many people excited to finally get a great dumping of snow here. and according to caltrans they have about 200 workers keeping the roads clear today. we've stein a number of snowplows doing a great job keeping it clear. we're talking about 135 piece of equipment. so far there have been a few spinouts, according to the highway patrol, but nothing major to talk about. they say if you're heading to the area, be prepared for slow going traffic. right now the speed limit is only about 30 miles an hour. but the snow is long overdue in the sierras so if you're looking for something fun to do today, come to the slopes. now back to you. >> i know you're combed out there but it looks awesome! >> it does! i'm sure the ski resorts are thrilled! if they want more. >> completely. almost 200 children call in

sick at one michigan school. what is being blamed for the mass absence. and violence in prayers in nigeria leaves 120 people dead.

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good morning to you! a mostly gray start, few light showers out there, but the heaviest rain has moved off to the east at least for now.

in this morning's news of the world, 120 people are dead and several others are injured after a series of coordinated bomb attacks in nigeria. video from nigeria shows several building on fire following the attacks. they happened yesterday afternoon. witnesses say the bombs went off following afternoon prayers in that city. gunman also reportedly opened fire on the streets. state authorities say the muslim sect is believed to be responsible. and in afghanistan, president car sky says he is now holding peace negotiations with surges in the country. karzai says so far the negotiations are going well and could have good results. the insurgents he says he is having negotiations with are part of a radical islamist militia control territory in northeast afghanistan. marines recovering from war injuries received a special visit from vice president joe biden and his wife. the couple toured camp

pendleton yesterday where they met with wounded marines and their families. they also got a look at how marines train for combat before they go to afghanistan. friday's visit followed two other southern california stops for the vice president, including a campaign rally in los angeles. white house officials are in the bay area this morning to meet with san jose's hispanic community. the white house is holding what it is calling a community action summit today at evergreen college. that summit is designed to let the white house hear from the hispanic community on several issues. today's summit starts at 9 a.m. and will go continue in 4 p.m. end kirking news from california's labor force. the employment development department says the state's jobless rate cropped to 11.1% in december, a drop of 2/10 of a percent from the month before. it's also the lowest rate since april of 2009. however, despite that drop, the state added just about 10,000 jobs last month. here in the bay area, unemployment is lower than the state average in all nine

counties. once again, marin hundred has the lowest rate. san francisco is 7.6. solano county with the highest jobless rate in the region at 10 1/2%. internet users have spoken, and it's dead. earlier this dead pipa turned millions of people into online activists. the anti-piracy legislation proposed by congress was meant to protect the movie industry from having its content stolen online but instead led to an online demonstration with numerous websites such as quick pedia going black. others such as google blacked out its logo, and now congress is pulling the plug. >> it looks like the internet has spoken, and congress is listening. seeing that made them realize that politically, pushing for season soship bill to protect corporate profits for one industry isn't something that

will work. >> in total, seven million people signed online petitions calling for the end of the bill. one congresswoman says listen to the people especially with many members speaking re- election come november. starting tomorrow, the cost of sending mail will get a little bit more expensive. first class postage will increase from 44 to 45 cents. and senning mail out of the country will go up five to seven cents. the increase is meant to raise revenue for the postal service, which is facing a $238 billion budget shortfall during the next 10 years. the state department of public health says new tests show e.coli has surfaced at a central valley raw milk dairy. the department says 10 manure soil and water samples at the organic pastures dairy in fresno center toasted positive for e.coli. the e.coli strain found in two of those samples is the same strain that sickened five children last november. those illnesses led to a recall

of organ, pastures raw milk. organ, pastures has not commented on the new test results. and a detroit area school is scrambling to disinfect its campus after two-thirds of its students came down with some type of illness. yesterday nearly 200 of the school's 300 students called out sick. school officials say the outbreak seems to be some kind of stomach bug or flu. thousands of abortion rights opponents are expected to -- streets today. the eighth annual walk for life event is scheduled to start at 11 a.m. outside of city hall. you are looking at video now from last year's event when 50,000 people showed up, including some abortion rights supporters. today's lineup of events includes an informational fair, a rally and then the walk, which starts at 1:30. the walk will end at justin herman plaza.

the class kids foundation is holding a print-a-thon in san jose. it's to educate families about child safety. children will be fingerprinted and photographed at no cost. that event runs from 11 to 3 at the academy 3 apple seed school. former kidnap victim elizabeth smart is now planning her wedding. the 24-year-old got engaged last weekend. the family is keeping most of the details private. but the wedding is set for the summer. smart and her fiance reportedly met while smart was serving a mission in france last year. 10 years ago smart was kidnapped and held by her captors for nine months before boeing rescued. she's now very involved in child advocacy. excitement and tears from a colorado family after learning their nine-year-old daughter had escaped from her abductor and was safe. police say the family reported her missing after she never came home from school on

thursday afternoon. they say the car of the man accused of taking her broke down and a passerby gave this. a ride to a convenience store. that's when the little girl asked to use the phone to call her uncle, but instead called 911. >> she did everything i have ever told her to do, and that's to get away to fight, don't stop fighting. >> police say the man that took her was 29-year-old jose garcia. after she refused to leave the store with him, telling employees she was waiting for her mommy. witnesses called police after spotting him at a nearby bus station and say he is also a suspect in an alleged molestation attack involving a different girl. it stakes a village to host the biggest football game of the year. the preparations already underway in indianapolis to create a super bowl village in time of big game. okay, people, let's get started.

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to drive but one ohio teenager is already a college student. 15-year-old ileana is now one of the youngest students to attend lord's university as a full-time student. so far she's been attending classes for a week about says it's a big adjustment but she's happy she did it. she was homeschooled and work at an accelerated pace to get into a college classroom early. >> two grades a year and i worked through the summer with my work some that's how i was able do it all. >> she chose lord's because it's a smaller university. she is pursuing a degree in business administration. the chinese new year starts on monday. ites the year of the dragon, and that could lead to a baby boom. china is now anticipating a 5% increase in births this year. the dragon is the only mythical creature in the 12 animals in the chinese zodiac and also believed to be a symbol of might and intelligence. china along with hong kong and taiwan have all experienced baby booms in previous dragon

years. singapore is getting the ready for the chinese new yore, and that's leading to a big demand for anything dragon related, including pets. dragon fish and so-called dragon cats are expected to be popular this year. but animal welfare experts want people to think twice before they go out and get that new pet. >> we have legitimate concerns because based on lunar new year, rabbit year, we've had a surge in -- rabbit leading up to the end of the new year. >> getting a dragon related pet will cost you. one dragon fish can cost up to $5,000. tomorrow we're going to know if the 49ers will be headed to indianapolis for the super bowl. organizers there are already working to get the city ready for the big game on february 5th. on thursday one of indianapolis's busiest treats was shut down to construction crews could build a super bowl

village. >> traffic engineers and our staff working on that for over two years, to put together a traffic plan, to really coordinate. >> you've got a lot to accomplish. >> yes, there's a lot to do to make this village a success. >> again, the super bowl is february 5th. we'll know by tomorrow night if it's the 49ers or the giants against the baltimore ravens or the new england patriots. a san francisco sandwich shop is among the restaurants selling 49er themed food this weekend. ike's place has sandwiches named after alex smith and jim harbaugh. however, they also have sandwiches named after the giants' eli manning. they want it to be the one sandwich that does not sell well tomorrow. check in with rosemary, rain kill and expected? >> yes, rain and the models now predicting that the rain will begin perhaps in the morning hours, and continue through sunday afternoon. let's talk about what is happening outside our doors.

and our local mountains, across the state picking up some snow. this is a live look there at the whiteout conditions in mammoth. here at home we picked up quite a bit of rain. taking a look at some totals in the last 24 hours, areas of santa rosa, fairfield picked up more than an inch. vallejo more than 2 inches in the last 24 hours. how about san francisco, almost an inch and 4/10 there. the grand prize goes to santa cruz mountains, reporting more than six inches the last 24 hours. so much-needed rain, much- needed snow. and now we get a break in time for sunday afternoon. just a few lingering showers here in the forecast this morning. partly who mostly cloudy skies. and we will be mainly dry. we'll leave in a chance for maybe a sprinkle or two because we will be unsettled, but the next storm already on the horizon for tomorrow morning. also a high surf advisory, don't anticipate many people by the beach but we're looking at

breakers from 15 to 20 feet, as we move into high tide. so that's to be aware of if you have an inch, to head to the beach. forecasted highs today, 50s. 57 oakland. 54 san francisco. and 56 expected redwood city for your afternoon. and there is the extended forecast. morning showers, followed by a little bit of dry weather for saturday afternoon. we've got rainshowers back in the forecast for the big game tomorrow. if you're going to be outdoors, carry that umbrella. temperatures very similar to what we see for today. monday scattered showers in the forecast as we get back to work. and then we're drying out and we look dry tuesday and wednesday. back to you. rain and wind leave damage throughout the bay area. we'll go back live to the north bay, where some businesses had to deal with flooding. plus beefing up security for tomorrow's big game out at the stick. the unique steps police officers are now taking to keep fans safe. @

the strongest storms of the season so far whip through the bay area last night. we'll show you the areas hardest hit and how residents and businesses are preparing for another round. >> and now it's the morning after. what you can expect for your saturday, coming up.

>> and a tense night in san francisco, as police move in on occupy protestors who took over a shutdown hotel. good morning. welcome to mornings on 2. it's saturday, january 21st. we'll see some rain today, but a bigger storm is coming in. we'll have live team coverage begins now with meteorologist rosemary orosco. >> good morning to you! quite a bit of rain falling last night and into the overnight hours. in addition to some pretty strong gusts. and now look at storm-tracker 2. dwindling. we're watching the showers taper off. we've got just a little bit of light rain over parts of santa cruz, reported this morning. and along of the east bay as well. and as we head to the north bay, mill valley, ktvu's allie rasmus continuing our team coverage live in mill valley, where we have seen quite a bit of rain in the last 48 hours.

>> reporter: that's right. the rain has stopped and a lot of floodwaters have receded. show you the streets here in mill valley, it gives you an idea how much rain they got last night. hours after the storm ended you can see it the water is still rushing downhill here. just a couple blocks away from where we're standing, there's a mill valley businesses around the corner that had to deal with flooded streets last night. this morning, the sandbags in front of the businesses were still out. this is on miller avenue and lagueux mess streets. just a few puddles remain. this is 10:00 last night. you can see and hear the water rushing through the streets. it was completely closed off to traffic for a while, this intersection was, as businesses and restaurants tried to put out sandbags and floodgates to stop some. damage. police and firefighters were called out to help. they said about all the rain and debris from the storm ended

up clogging up the stormwater drains. the storm also caused some power outages in the north bay. in tiburon a downed treat split a power pole in two. its branches were tangled up. this is near paradise drive. 20 homes in the area with still without power this morning. pg&e says it won't be until after 10 when they can get the power back on for people in that neighborhood because there's so much damage, pg&e crews had to restrain some power lines. but even in the east bay the rain was heavy. cars on 580 in oakland flashed up huge waves of water. it slowed down traffic. this is near the seminary exit on 580, where two cars were involved in an accident there last night. chp did center to shut down part of the highway. but pack out here live, as you heard, there is more rain on the way this weekend. so certainly the residents and businesses in this area will be keeping an eye on the creeks like this and keeping an eye on some of flooding, keeping sandbags and floodgates up nor

the remainder of the weekend. right now pg&e is working to fix numerous power outages around the bay area. not two hours ago power was restored to customers in richmond. and last night almost 29,000 customers lost power in the area because of a transmission line problem. and right now in the castro valley hear, a similar problem has knocked out power to 19,000 customers. pg&e does not know when the problems will be fixed. petaluma man remains in serious condition after being hit by a teenage driver hoe police say received his license just two weeks ago. officers say 30-year-old thomas books was walking near the washington square shopping center last night when he was struck by a car driven by 17- year-old todd swen. witnesses say he hit the windshield before going over the top of the car and landing in the street. he was transported to the hospital and is expected to survive. police say alcohol does not appear to be a factor. and we're keeping track of the weather throughout the

morning. meteorologist rosemary orosco will have your full forecast in four minutes, and you can always get weather and traffic information on our website at ktvu.com. police this morning are keeping an eye on a vacant san francisco hotel after a tense night with protestors. a ktvu photographer caught protestors entering the old hotel on geary and franklin last night. they went in through a back entrance. the protestors want the hotel reopened for homeless families. san francisco police arrested at least three people for trespassing and police tell us three officers were injured after a confrontation with the protestors. >> everything i have seen here tonight has been really peaceful and great, except there was a moment where the police actually were being violent. but i haven't seen protestors being violent tonight. >> officers admit they did not sweep the entire building so some protestors likely stayed in that old hotel overnight.

a complete sweep of the building is planned this morning. protestors targeted bently dealership on van ness avenue, one block away from the old cathedral hotel. crews could be seen working late covering up broken windows with plywood. and the protest at the old cathedral hotel started earlier with a march from the embarcadero, where ktvu crew ran into injured iraq war veteran scott olson. >> i wanted to see all of our wars end. i want to see a return to the -- get the government and the people's hands rather than the corporations' hands. >> he suffered a skull fracture when hit in the head by a police projectile during an occupy oakland protest in october. olson says he may file a lawsuit against police and oakland officials. he also hopes to be back to work part time in the next few

weeks. the occupy protests began early in the morning. demonstrators gathered at the goldman sachs building on california street in san francisco's financial district. they clashed with police and at least 11 people were arrested and a separate action. some of the protestors chained themselves to the doors of wells fargo's headquarters. and protestors are also on the campus of uc berkeley. coming up in 11 minutes, what they're protesting with the study-in at the library. new developments in the domestic violence case surrounding san francisco sheriff ross mirkarimi. san francisco mayor ed lee is now asking mirkarimi to do some soul-searching. a spokesman for lee tells the examiner he wants mirkarimi to take this weekend to think about whether he can still do his job as sheriff. the spokeswoman adds the smooth operation of the sheriff's department is important. mirkarimi is facing misdemeanor charges for an incident

involving his wife. he denies any wrongdoing. the 49ers and the giants are now just a day away from taking the field at candlestick park for the nfc championship game. and san francisco police say they will be in the stands making sure everyone is safe. officers arrested 23 people during last week's game against the saints. 54 fans were ejected, and now san francisco police say they will be even more officers patrolling the stadium tomorrow. that includes undercover officers dressed in giants gear. somebody within obnoxious towards a plainclothes officer, proud as a giants fan for need removal, treat everybody as if you're chiding a cop when you're there. >> police are also asking fans to text bad fan to the 49ers if they see someone out of control. our next storm is expected to move in tomorrow, and it should be a rainy game. right now a large red and white tarp is covering the field.

workers painted on the nfc championship logano on wednesday, before the rain came. the field was then covered and can remain this way until about 90 minutes before game time tomorrow. you can watch tomorrow's championship game right here on ktvu channel 2. we'll center complete coverage on mornings on 2 tomorrow, then our pre- game show return to glory begins at 2:00. kickoff at 3:30 in the afternoon. our live point after show will follow the game. good morning to you! a gloomy start to the day. we're seeing just peeks of clouds and sunshine out there. but we do have improving conditions expected for your saturday. we're going to be mainly dry with just interminute the showers in the forecast. storm-tracker 2, not long ago this area completely lit up with pinks and yellows. i did say pinks? reds and yellows, oranges and greens. now we're looking at just a little witness of light grown and we will continue to see

just a few scattered showers in the forecast for the afternoon. your santa cruz mountains here, we've got a little light rain falling over areas of santa rosa, livermore reporting a few scatter showers. and where we have the clouds, chances are we have a little drizzle as well. here's the 24 hour picture. started out the day with some light rain. it got fairly heavy in the evening hours overnight hours, and now we're on the back edge. we do have another storm in time for your sunday. but for today we're going to be mainly dry, mostly cloudy. the winds are still blowing in some cases, from 10 to 15 miles per hour. hayward reporting 20-mile-per- hour gusts. 30 miles per hour reported out at sfo, from time to time. 15 in napa. improvement over fairfield. 10 miles per hour looks like 15 in areas right around livermore. for your afternoon, first of all through the morning hours as 10:00 here, we have a few scattered showers still over parts of the east bay. by noontime it looks like over the south bay. 2:00 in the afternoon a few popping up over parts of the

peninsula. partly to mostly cloudy skies. so we do remain unsettled. by tonight into tomorrow morning, we've got the gray skies back with us, scattered showers, perhaps through the morning hours and continuing in for the afternoon. which means at the stick tomorrow afternoon going to be a rainy day. 49 degrees right now san francisco. 50 in oakland. 49 in concord. 49 in livermore. 47 degrees outside your door in fairfield. your afternoon highs for today, 58 expected for hayward. 56 redwood city. 54 san rafael. and mid-50s in santa rosa. into the south bay, upper 50s san jose. morgan hill about 59 degrees. 60 degrees expected for santa cruz this afternoon. the extend the forecast here, scattered showers this morning, tapering offer for the afternoon. get just a bit of a break. for the second half of saturday. sunday morning here it comes once again. stay with us, through monday morning. temperatures slowly rebounding back into the low 60s in time for your midweek wednesday.

tally up the 24-hour rain totals for you, coming up in the next report. it's been one week since a cruise ship hit a reef in italy. the discover ray made today and the problems crews still face as they continue to search for 20 people still mitting. plus voters in south carolina are going to the polls right now, and two of the candidates are going head to head on more than just the ballot. there's the golden gate bridge, sun is shining. we know it will be a wet day today. however, fluid is also on roadways. just be careful. time is 8:11. you're watching mornings option 2. the rinse cycle.

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good morning to you! mostly gray skies this morning. a few scattered showers in the forecast with a brief dry period for your afternoon. the last hour we learned italian rescue crews have recovered another body from the concordia cruise ship. the now brings the death toll to 12. 20 others remain missing. one week has pasted since the ship hit a reef causing it to overturn. rescue officials say the ship continues to move about a half inch per hour, possibly because the ship is slipping off the reef and as a result search crews are staying above the water. the italian coast guard will decide when diving operations can resume. at least eight inches of snow is expected in chicago, and people are fearing another snowmageddon. this is video lakeshore drive

on lake michigan. yesterday city officials began plowing the road and detouring buses off the icy streets. they say last year hundreds of cars got trapped in the busy road when 20 inches of snow fell on the city creating what residents called snowmageddon. school activities were closed so the students could get home before the storm in began. this morning minor delays out of chicago airports after snow cancelled hundreds of flights there. yesterday more than 300 flights were cancelled out of o'hare airport. and 75 were cancelled out of midway which accounts for 15% of its traffic. this morning delays up to 15 minutes are being reported for arrivals and departures. and flights to philadelphia are delayed for almost two hours. so far, there are now weather-related delays at any bay area airports. the cause of a building collapse in western washington is now under investigation. firefighters say three employees were in the building which belongs to an ice making company. they say those employees heard

loud noises and cracking sounds and were able to run outside before the collapse. everyone made it out safely, and no injuries were reported. firefighters say there has been a lot of snowfall recently and the weight of that snow on the roof could have caused it to give way. and another parts of western washington, thousands of people are facing a weekend without power. puget sound energy says there are about a quarter of a million people in seattle to, tacoma and olympia without power. it says snow, wind and ice is responsible for bringing down numerous trees and power lines. crews are hoping to have power restored by early next week. the bad weather in oregon and washington is being blamed for stranding dozens of greyhound passengers who spent more than 22 hours in a sacramento terminal after snow and ice prevented them from heading north. most people spent the time trying to fall asleep on the floors, chairs and even their luggage. and they were sure dreaming the buses would soon get rolling once again.

>> who is stop mother nature? you know? nobody can do that. except mother nature herself. >> she stopped you. >> she sure did! >> the roads were cleared and passengers were able to board the buses yesterday. people in oregon are digging sand out of their homes. just as they brace for a new set of windstorms headed their way. beginning wednesday, 70-mile-an- hour wind gusts hit the area of waldport on the oregon coast. residents say the wind was strong enough to pushed sand up against their doors and windows. >> the dog and i just laid in bed and i said i think this is the safest place and the wall was pushing my head. and it had -- it was going in and out, the winds were so strong. >> the strong winds are expected to continue through the weekend. primary day has arrived in south carolina. and mitt romney and newt gingrich have managed to avoid a campaign face-off. we want to show you a live picture inside tommy's ham house in greenville, south

carolina. now, both candidates were scheduled to appear at that barbeque restaurant at the same time this morning. however, romney showed up to the restaurant about 30 minutes before gingrich, and left before the house speaker arrived. polls show either romney or gingrich could win today in that state. president obama is promoting tourism in the weekend's online video address. >> we're going to expand the number of countries where visitors can get pre-cleared by homeland security to they don't need a tourist visa and speed up processing future countries that can afford to visit america. like china and brazil. we want more visitors coming here. >> the president also went on to ask americans to tune in his state of the union address scheduled for tuesday. this morning students at u- c berkeley are continuing what is called a study inn to protest reduced library hours. they started the study-in at

the university anthropology library on thursday. the daily californian is now reporting students voted last night to continue on with the protests despite warnings from campus officials to leave. 16 people remained in the library as of 11:00 last night. and a new development in the pepper spray incident at uc davis that received that will attention. the yolo county district attorney has decided not to bring charges against the students sprayed during last november's occupy protests. the d.a. says there's insufficient information in the police reports to file criminal charges. the los angeles coroner has identified the man whose dismembered head, hands and feet were found near the iconic hollywood sign. he is a 66-year-old former mexicana airlines employee. police searched an apartment building in connection with the investigation on thursday night. people who live there say they saw police towing at least one car from the building when the search was conducted. >> it's really frightening that it's this close to my house.

i live right next door. i don't know -- we don't know what is going on yet. >> the building complex is located about two miles south of the park where the body parts were found. the head was found tuesday by a dog walker and then police searches turned much his hands and feed during a two-day search. there are no arrests so far. the state department of public health says new tests show e.coli has surfaced ate a raw milk dairy. the department says 10 manure, soil and water samples at the organic pastures dairy in fresno have tested positive for e.coli. the e.coli strain found in two of those samples is the same strain that sickened five children last november. those illnesses led to a recall of organic pasture's raw milk. officials later lifted that recall after e.coli could not be found in the actual milk. they have not commented on the new test results. as we get rain here, the sierra is getting snow and

that's certainly that good news for the ski resorts. look at that picture! we'll go live to the sierra when we come back. >> morning showers at home. what you can expect for today, when the next round every rain will be moving in!

rain in the bay area means snow in the sierra. on thursday night, about six to eight inches fell, the most significant snowfall since

november. and at least two feet of snow is expected over the course of the weekend. and ski resorts are hoping it will stick around. letitia is lowe in blue scan onfor us this morning with a look at the conditions. good morning! >> reporter: good morning, mike and claudine. it's just beautiful here, but it's freezing. i'm wearing three layers of clothing and it's not enough! we are getting dumped on all morning long. the peak of the snow came at midnight. and we received eight inches of snow since yesterday so this is a significant and great news for the ski resorts. peak traffic at the resorts is expected in the next hour. a lot of people are going to be hitting the roadways to come and enjoy in snow. we're talking about skiers and snowboardes who have just been waiting for all of this stuff. and caltrans is ready for you. check out the roads right now. there's not much traffic to speak of but the roads are clear because lots of plows are working today to keep it all clear for you. but 200 workers are on the clock today, and we're talking about 135 pieces of equipment needed for just this storm this

weekend. so a lot is going on out here. it's a great day to come to slopes to expect to snow all day long. and caltrans is hoping it doesn't rain too much here because that is when the flooding is a problem on our roadways. right now, things are looking good here in the sierras and it's a great day for you to grab your skis. back to you now. >> thank you. certainly a lot of people inpatient to get to the slopes. and we want to show you this live picture from heavenly right now, as the tram making its way up the mountain into the snowy conditions. heavenly and north have a combined number of runs open. more than three miles of terrain. up until now they've been depending on that manmade snow. this weekend's anticipated snowfall, however, is going to increase the snow base 18 to 24 feet. and let's go to southern california for a live look at mammoth mountain. it looks pretty snowy there too. snow started falling there yesterday.

forecasters are calling for up to two feet of snow at resort levels. and that is great news. i know i was up there last week and people are very in parent to see the snow! >> a lot of you smiling to see live pictures from heavenly. >> rosemary watching the weather for us this morning on how things are looking here in the bay area. >> yes, good morning to you! some of those highest points the mountains going to get from 2 to 3 feet of snow, and there are advisories for the sierra today. let's go back home, we have an advisory. high surf advisory at 10:00 in morning, lasting through tomorrow morning for our west coast beaches. giving you a look at just a few lingering showers here, quite a bit of rain falling in the last 24 to 48 hours. and from an inch to 3 inches in some cases, and 6 inches reported over santa cruz in the last 24 hours. we are going to be with the showers through the morning hours today and then a slight chance for the afternoon, but we're going to get a break. it will be temporary, though. by tomorrow morning scattered showers in the forecast once again, and the 49er game is

expected to be wet. it will be wet and breezy. 55 degrees at 3:30 tomorrow afternoon. and the rain is expected to continue through the evening hours and could be with us as we start monday morning. forecasted highs for today, 57 expected oakland, 54 in the city. san francisco. upper 50s san jose. and your extended forecast, a break later today, more rain in store for your sunday. scattered showers in the forecast monday morning. and then we're dry tuesday, wednesday. back to you. an 11-year-old girl kidnapped from her home is back with her family safely this morning. how a confrontation between police and the suspect came to an end. plus, firefighters continue to work to contain a wildfire that burned more than 2 dozen homes near reno. what we know about how that fire started.

taking a live look outside this morning. a lot of rain overnight but now that has tapered off. but we're not quite done yet, as another storm is brewing out there in the pacific. welcome back to mornings on 2. it's saturday, january 21st. we do have live team coverage of the weather this morning.

rosemary is tracking the next storm what you can expect for the nfc championship game tomorrow. but first we want to go to ktvu's allie rasmus. >> she's live in mill valley with the latest. >> reporter: we talked to the lady who lived in this home here in mill valley for the last 45 years. she has this beautiful creek running right through her front yard and toledo us this is what the tweek is supposed to will be like. this time of year. the water rushing, the water levels at about the midway point, and that retaining wall there. she says up until this week things around here were really dry so she's glad the storm came through. and she wasn't worried about flooding. >> it was a different story for some nil valley businesses just a couple blocks away from here. this morning the sandbags were still out on miller avenue. just a few puddles remain, but take a look at what this same intersection looked like at 10:00 last night.

you can see it -- we're having technical problems -- you can see and hear water thrusher rushing through the votes last night. businesses and restaurants put out sandbags and floodgates. mill valley police and firefighters were called out to help. they said that all the rain and debris from storm runoff had clogged up storm drains. there were power outages in the north bay. in tiburon a power pole was split in two. 20 homes in that area are still without power. and pg&e says they won't be automobile to get the power back on until 10:00 this morning because of lot of damage and they have to re string some power lines. but even in the east bay through rain was very heavy, cars driving on 580 in oakland splashed up waves of water. it slowed down traffic and did cause a two-car accident near the seminary exit. chp had to shut down part of the highway. if we take you back live, again in mill valley, hours after the rain stopped you can still see

the rain rushing through the storm drain. there's another round of storms on the way so it's a very likely that in some of the flood-prone areas here in mill valley and other parts of the bay, the sandbags will be out again later this weekend. allie rasmus, ktvu channel 2 news. the much need rain is a welcome sight for bay area dairy farms. yesterday we were out in sonoma county where workers say the rain came just in time. the reservoirs they used for drink water for cows were filled up, and the grass got some moisture too, which means they won't have to buy expensive feed. officials say the wet weather is good for business. >> which is so important for the economy in this region. you know, it's real critical. so we're all happy even though it's raining and we're standing out in it, we're real happy it's here. >> dairy workers say livestock that eats fresh grass delivered better tasting products, so when the rain comes down like it has, they catch and store

the runoff. they say the extra supply is needed because you never know how long the next dry spell will last. rosemary will have your full forecast coming up in just about five minute. you can also get updates on your cell phone by signing you will up for mobile ktvu.com. a san jose family is celebrating a happy end to go a terrifying ordeal that began when a man break into in her home yesterday morning. police received a frantic call from a home on taffy court. a man had broken in, fired a handgun several times and kidnapped an 11-year-old girl who lived there. they say the man was an ex- boyfriend of the girl's mother. around noon police tracked him down at his parm. >> the suspect appeared in a window with the victim, holding the victim as a hostage, armed with a handgun. >> a s.w.a.t. team member shot him after he opened fire on police officers. le was pronounced dead at the scene and the girl was taken to the hospital but is now become home with her family.

on monday we should find out whether suspected serial killer joseph naso will go to trial for the death of four women. prosecutors presented their final evidence yesterday and his preliminary hearing. naso also delivered his own rebuttal argument. the 78-year-old is accused of killing the four women between 1977 and 1994. a trial date is expected to be set next month for the woman charged with killing nursing student michelle le. gisele esteban yesterday pled not guilty to the charges. 26-year-old le disappeared in may from the kaiser medical center in hayward. her body was found in a remote area on september 17th. esteban will be back in court on february 17th. an elderly man has admitted to starting a massive wildfire near reno that destroyed 29 homes and forced thousands to evacuate. fire officials say the man improperly threw out ashes from his fireplace and is extremely remorseful. hundreds of firefighters are still on the scene this morning, watching out for hot

spots. that fire began on thursday afternoon, and burned about six square miles. it is now about 65% contained. a 93-year-old woman was found dead but hasn't been determined yet if her death was a result of that fire. today officials fear forecasted rain and snow could cause flooding in burned areas. fire investigators in oakland are looking into what caused back-to-back fires at an apartment complex. the first fire sent one firefighter to the hospital yesterday morning. the fire started on the third floor of a building on macarthur boulevard. that firefighter is now recovering from second-degree burns. the second fire happened less than four hours later in a different room of that same unit. no one was hurt in that fire. family and friends will hold a vigil tonight for a vallejo man killed one year ago. january 21st, 200011, 23-year- old enrique jimenez was found fatally shot in an suv in a

parking lot south of interstate 80. friends say he was in the parking lot waiting for his boss to pick him up for work. no arrests have been made and tonight's vigil is in the parking lot at 6:30 p.m. thousands of abortion rights opponents are expected to fill san francisco streets today. it is the eighth annual walk for life event, scheduled to start at 11 a.m. outside of city hall. this is video from last year's event when 50,000 people showed up. today's lineup of events include informational fare, a rally, and then a walk which starts at 1:30. the walk will end at justin herman plaza. the san francisco recreation and parks department wants to send you and a friend to tomorrow's game for free. all you have to do is log on to the department's facebook page and write in a post why you love the recreation and parks department in san francisco. less than 200 at last check have posted, so obviously the odds there are pretty good.

you can also send the department a tweet for winning entry will be announced at 2:00 this afternoon. all week long we've been asking niner fans to send in their photos. in is a picture of james huff, only 7 days old and already a fan. this picture was sent to us from san ramon. she is 2 1/2 and knows nobody does it better than the 49ers. her little sister is 6 months old. and you can check out other photos from niner france and find out how to submit your own at ktvu.com. we also have an entire section devoted to the 49ers playoff run that includes the latest stories leading up to tomorrow's big game. and of course you can watch that nfc championship game here on ktvu channel 2. we'll center complete coverage tomorrow, on morning on 2. then our pre-game show return to glory at 2 p.m. the game kicks off at 3:30 p.m. and our live point after show follows that game. as the 49ers get ready to host the giants, the city of indianapolis is getting ready

to host one of those teams in the super bowl. organizers are already work to be get the city ready for the big game two weeks from tomorrow. on thursday one of indianapolis's busiest downtown streets was shut down so construction crews could build a super bowl village. >> traffic engineers and our staff working on that for over two years. put together a traffic plan. it's a coordinated. >> you have a lot to accomplish. >> yes, there's a lot to do. >> again, the super bowl is february 5th and we're going to know by tomorrow night if it's the niners or the giants against the baltimore ravens or the new england patriots. good morning to you! after picking up an inch to two inches over parts of bay and last 24 hours, more than that over the higher elevations, we've got some sunshine out there this morning. and we have a quieter pattern in store for today. just a little bit of moisture in place, a few lingering showers, and again, we are actually looking at a pretty

nice day relatively speaking. storm-tracker 2, you can see just a few scattered showers over parts of the north bay. over novato falling here on the of the coastline, we're looking at a few light scattered showers over parts of east bay, livermore, into the south bay, san jose, and right around the peninsula. we're looking at light on and off showers through the morning hours. if i slide further south you can see it morgan hill and gilroy picking up a little bit of light rain at this time. continuing to dry out and subsiding in the throughout the afternoon, and then the next round of rain moving in for tomorrow. the winds a little breezy out there have let up just a little bit over fairfield. right now reported 10 miles per hour. the still gusting pretty good over sfo. 30 miles per hour. les i checked, 20 at the hayward and 10 miles per hour san jose, 15 in livermore. if you're out early this morning, still a soggy fill out there. cool, similar to yesterday, 40s and 50s. and that breeze will make it feel chilly. satellite radar, there's the

last 24 hours, passing through really heavy at times. strong gusts as well. and now on the back end we're going to get a little dry weather and here's the next storm in time for sunday. it's going to be wet at candlestick park tomorrow. we are going to remain just a few pop-up showers. it's now 11:00 and we could see it a little over the north by, over the south bay, and livermore a few light scattered showers there, 1:00 still holding on. looks like by 3 or 4:00 we're mainly dry. mostly cloudy in the overnight hours. scattered showers return for your sunday morning and afternoon. if you're helded to the mountains, we do have advisories in place. winter storm warning for lake tahoe through the morning hours. the winds are still gusting there. snow levels dropping down to 4,000 feet. winter weather advisory for the west sierra slopes meaning it is impacting your passes. current temperatures, 49 degrees right now san rafael. 50 in oakland. afternoon highs below average for this time of year. not too bad. 54 for berkeley. 54 san francisco. 57 expected in oakland. mid to upper 50s for the south

bay. 58 san jose. how about that extend the forecast? a brief dry period for the afternoon. rain tomorrow. looks like scattered showers in the forecast the first half of monday. and then we're dry and warming up by wednesday. back to you. a nine-year-old girl kidnapped in colorado. the quick thinking that allowed her to escape her captor. time is 8:42. you're watching mornings on 2. ♪

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good morning to you! quite gusty in the city. through 30-mile-per-hour gusts reported. we do have morning showers in the forecast followed by a break. another round of rain expected for tomorrow. the death toll keeps climbing in nigeria this morning after a series of coordinated bomb attacks. 143 people are now confirmed dead. video from nigeria shows several building on fire following the attacks. they happened yesterday afternoon. witnesses say the bombs went off following afghan prayers in the city. gunman opened fire on the streets also. state authorities say the muslim sect is believed to be responsible. u.s. could be getting ready to close its embassy in syria because of security concerns. state department officials say no decision has been made yet but that a closure is under serious consideration. suicide bombers exploded two car bombs last month alone.

al-qaeda is believed to be responsible for those bombings. internet users have spoken and pipa is dead. they failed to protect act turned billions of peoples into online activists. the anti-piracy legislation proposed by congress was meant to protect the movie 40 from having its contents stolen online. but instead it led to an online demonstration with numerous websites going black. others like google blocked out their lagos. congress is now pulling the plug. >> it looks like the internet has spoken and congress has listened. seeing that made them realize that politically pushing for censorship women and and to protect corporate profits for one industry isn't something that will work. >> seven million people signed online petitions calling for the end of that bill. one local congresswoman we talked to says they have no choice but to listen to the people, especially with many

members seeking re-election come november. in our election 2012 coverage this morning, south carolina voters are heading to the polls for the primary. reporter john roberts is live this morning in charleston, with what we can expect today. john. >> reporter: it's beginning to look like this could be newt gingrich's day. a new american research group poll that was released just a little while as shows newt gingrich with 40% of support among likely republican primary- goers. mitt romney back at 26% now. that's a reversal from a few days ago. newt gingrich also leading among four key groups, republican voters and now women have been tied. mitt romney continues to have a lead among mod rats and independents, but there are that many of those voters here in south carolina. if they are -- where they are, they're concentrated on the coast, and here in charleston. but newt gingrich is also got a lot of support here in what is

called the rogue country. let's put up a map here. the congressional districts in south carolina. take a look up there in the top left-hand side of the picture. the third and fourth congressional districts, that includes greenville, spartanburg, and just to the east of that the fifth district, york county, there are a lot of evangelical, social conservative voters in that area. watch very closely. john mccain got about 25% of the vote in those areas in 2008 to go on to victory. if mitt romney gets blown out by newt gingrich in that area, it's going to be a very, very tough road for him. look at the first and second congressional districts along the coast. that's an area where john mccain got as much as 40% of the vote in 2008. if mitt romney cannot match those margins it may be a bad night for him. but at the moment become to where we are this morninger morning, people head to the polls here in south carolina. newt gingrich looks like he has

done himself an absolute world of good in those two debate performances on monday in the fox news debate, then the debate on thursday where he took on the media one on one that exchange with the moderator, and now people seem to be breaking in his direction. so we'll be watching this all day, doing some exit polling, and results tonight on the fox news damage. >> john roberts, thank you for that update. officials are in the bay area this morning to meet with san jose's hispanic community. the white house is holding what is it calling a community action summit today at evergreen college. it's designed toe let the white house hear from the hispanic community on several issues. today's summit starts at 9 a.m. and goes until 4 p.m. encouraging news for california's labor force. the employment development department says the state's jobless rate dropped to 11.1% in december. that's a drop of 2/10 of a percent from the month before. it is also the lowest rate

since apache 2009. however, despite that drop the state just aided 10,000 jobs last month. here in the by area, unemployment is lower than the state average in all nine counties. once again marin county has the lowest rate at 6.5%. followed by san mateo at 7.2%, san francisco is 7.6. solano county has the liest rate at 10 1/2%. marines recovering from war injuries received a special visit from vice president joe biden and his wife. the couple toured camp pendleton yesterday, where they met with wounded marines and their families. they also got a look at how marines train for combat before they go to afghanistan. friday's visit to camp pendleton followed two other southern california stops for the vice president, including a campaign rally in los angeles. excitement and tears from a colorado family after learning their nine-year-old daughter had escaped from her abductor

and was safe. >> thank you! >> police say the family reported calista missing thursday afternoon. the car of the man accused of taking her broke down and a passerby gave this. a ride to a convenience store. that is when the girl asked to use the phone to call her uncle but called 911 instead. >> she told everything i told her to do, get away, don't stop fighting! >> police say the man that took her was 29-year-old jose garcia. after she refused to leave with him, telling employees she was waiting for her mom, he fled the scene. witnesses called police after spotting him eight a station and said he is also a suspect in alleged molestation attack with a different girl. families have a chance to get their children fingerprinted for free today. the class kids foundation is holding a print-a-thon in san jose. it is to educate families about

child safety. children will be fingerprinted and photographed at no cost. the event runs from 11 to 3:00 at the academy in apple seed school on dent avenue. greece is taking extreme steps to bring in much-needed revenue. their plan to use historical sites to help pay the bills. >> and live look, san rafael. mix of sun and includes from few scattered showers in the forecast for your morning. and then a nice break for the afternoon. more rain on the way for the second half of the weekend.

the chinese new years starts on monday. it's the year of the dragon and that could lead to a baby boom. china is now anticipating a 5% increases in births this year. the dragon is the only mythical creature in the 12 animals in the chinese zodiac and also believed to be a symbol of might and intelligence. china along with hong kong and taiwan have all experienced baby booms in previous dragon years. singapore is getting the ready for the chinese new year and that is leading to a big demand for anything dragon related, including pets, dragon fish and cats expected to be popular this year. but animal welfare experts want people to think twice before they go out and get a new pet. >> we have legitimate concerns because based on rabbit year, we had -- a surge in rabbits -- leading up to the end of the

new year. >> getting the a dragon related pet about cost you. one dragon fish can cost up to $5,000. greece is now looking to its history to help pay its bills. greek officials are offering up the country's architecture as production sites for movies, commercials and photo shoots. this includes sites such is the acropolis and temple. officials are charging about $2,000 a day in rental feels, all of the revenue to fund the greekmen industry. it's been light ryan and rain this morning, storms still coming in. rosemary is watching that for us. >> good morning to you! right now on the back edge of yesterday's storm, and we have just a few lingering showers today. little gusty sfo. the rest of us are watching the winds lighten as we speak. look at where we're seeing a few scattered showers over point reyes, san rafael, and off to the south bay.

morgan hill, gilroy, san jose, lookths at areas over santa cruz mountains with light showers. so a few lingering showers, we'll be unsettled, mainly dry for the afternoon. temperatures sitting in the 50s. 53 for napa today. 54 in the city. 57 oakland. mid to upper 50s for the south bay. extended forecast once we get the afternoon break, while we sleep the rain will begin to return and for tomorrow, sunday looks quite wet. monday morning the dry back to work could be scattered showers and then drying out tuesday, wednesday. wednesday afternoon not too bad, partly cloudy, low 60s in the forecast. >> perfect! thank you. that's our report for this morning. thank you for trusting ktvu channel 2 news. join ktvu for our next newscast at 6:00. have a great morning, everyone!