a big rock slide caused authorities to yellow tag several homes in san francisco. tonight we've learned what the city plans to do about it. good evening i'm julie haener. >> and i'm frank somerville. we're getting a close up look at that big landslide in san francisco. tons of boulders came crashing down about 9:30 this morning

along a small section of lombard street. ken wayne is live where we were allowed to go behind the caution tape. >> reporter: frank, we're on the backside of 240 lombard street. caltrans has cleaned up some of the mess. you can see a car that was smashed by some of the falling boulders that took out the rear window. you can see some of the boulders and debris that are still blocking this road. tonight muhammad nuru showed us the damage. large boulders tumbled down landing just feet from condominiums. three units are now yellow tabbed. >> if any boulder happens to slide or roll down and the building gets hit, those would be the most impacted. >> reporter: residents of the

building tell us they're not too worried about the potential. >> it's happened every year. this year it's getting one of the largest ones. it's not unusual. >> reporter: in the early 90s, a large slide undermined an apartment building. the building was eventually torn down. geologists and geo technicians are analyzing data and pictures they took today to come up with a plan to make sure the hill is safer. >> by tomorrow we should have another assessment as to whether we can allow for these two units to be occupated.

>> reporter: as a point of reference, coit tower then below you can see the boulders are still there. public works says they want to keep those boulders in place because they are afraid if they pull them out they may further destabilize this hill and more debris come could down. public works hopes to have some kind of a plan tomorrow to find out how to deal with this situation, ken wayne. more details now, we've learned that in 2001 the park telegraph complex sued san francisco over falling rocks. the building used the money for netting and fences. in 2008 they appealed for more help but the city said the measures already taken were not enough and they have not fulfilled their part of the settlement agreement. two people are dead tonight after their car spaed through a fremont intersection. the crash happened on fremont

boulevard at delaware drive just moments before police spotted what they called a suspicious vehicle. lloyd lacuesta is live at the scene where investigators are trying to figure out the victim's identities and why they may have been trying to get away from police. >> reporter: police are yet to release the names of a man and woman. now the victims car wound up in that creek you see behind me. neighbors recall hearing a big crash. we talked to one woman who asked that her face not be shown. >> i saw people jumping in the creek. there was a car down on the creek. a woman was just crying asking for help. >> reporter: police say it was a monte carlo who illegally drove to the intersection and was hit by a durango sending the car to the creek. the driver of the dodge went to the hospital. a man and woman in the pickup

truck was not hurt. but the driver of the monte carlo and a woman sitting next to him were killed. and a man and woman had to be pulled from the wreckage. cook took video of the accident shortly after it happened. >> it looks like he was from the neighbor. these two cars here, see how the one is facing the other one. >> reporter: shortly before the accident, a police officer responding to another call saw a suspicious car on delaware drive. when the officer made a u turn to check out the license plate, the monte carlo sped off. >> it is confirmed it's not a vehicle pursuit. and there was not an attempt to make an enforcement spot. >> reporter: this intersection opened up shortly after they pulled the bodies and the car out. live in fremont, lloyd

lacuesta, ktvu channel 2 news. a burglary suspect injured just last week while fleeing police has died. rajwaun watkins was in the car that struck another car. the other two suspects are being held on parol allegations. the crash also killed the 69- year-old man driving the second vehicle. we have new information tonight about next week's employee lay offs. mayor quan said they managed to reduce the number of cuts by restructures a number of departments. a final decision is expected at the end of the month. money problems are tripping up the oakland ballet, the company said today it's going to postpone the launch of its spring season because of a budget deficit. the oakland ballet is short $90,000 it hopes to reschedule performances as soon as possible. the ballet still plans to hold

its annual benefit galla on may fifth. now to the presidential campaign within the past hour came word that romney has released his income tax returns. romney reported an income of $21.7 million. his tax rate was just 13.9%. that's lower than the average american. according to romney it's because most of the income comes from capital gains on investment. romney also released the tax return he expects to file in 2011. now the four remaining republicans debated in florida and it only took a few minutes for romney and newt gingrich to go after each other. romney tried to link gingrich the áf as a lobbyist. >> we just learned today that

his contract with freddie mac was provided by the lobbyists at freddie mac. >> reporter: romney called gingrich a pedallist. romney fired back. >> he just said at least four things that are false. i don't want to waist my time on it. >> reporter: santorum criticized both and ron paul sized up the question if he would run as -- as ktvu alex savidge tells us williams is being pummeled on social media and the context

includes nasty messages. >> reporter: while kyle williams lost his grip on the football, some californians lost their mind. some of the messages to him were vicious and threatening. but at the team headquarters today there was a much different tone. as devoted niners fans stuck up for the young wide receiver who's no doubt devastated. >> he just needs to brush it off. he knows who his faithful fans are, we're going to be here for him. >> he had a bad day. everybody had a bad day in their live, he was just on tv. >> reporter: in the locker room, williams said he was ignoring the messages. >> i am ignoring the messages, all i needed to hear was from my friends and family and that's all i needed. >> the weight of the world is on his shoulders, okay. he doesn't know how to get rid of it. >> reporter: some fans lash out after a loss like this because

they are projecting their own shortcomings on to athletes. >> they are saying this is about me. and i'm not realizing my full potential. >> reporter: our sports psychologists says metaphorically speaking we've all fumbled the ball before it has just not been on a national stage. ktvu channel 2 news. more details now on last night's game. san francisco police tell us they arrested 29 people, 16 of those arrests were outside the stadium. 13 were inside the park. most were alcohol related. police also removed more than 100 people from the stick for unruly behavior. officers say the late kick off time may have been a factor. new at 10:00, the push to block a new 49ers stadium in santa clara has cleared one major hurdle. stadium opponents have gathered the more than 4,500 signatures needed to put the stadium project before voters again. santa clara officials are going

to try to block the referendum. their decision to approve the loans to launch the stadium project is not subject to another vote. it's finally looking like winter in the high sierra tonight after storms produced the first significant snowfall of the season. snowplows are suddenly a welcome sight because it means there's enough snow to be plowed. the operators of donner ski ramp hope to open on wednesday. some parents said they took their kids out of school today to see the snow. in those series of storms dropped up to eight to 9-inches of ripe. - - inches of rain. it wasn't enough to get us back to 100%. santa rosa is at 58% of average for this time of year. san francisco just under 50%, and san jose just barely at

33%. last year at this time we were 150, 180% of rainfall for the year. i'm going to be back here in a little bit. i'll see you back here. washed ashore. the impact this weekend's wind and rain. plus one closure still in effect. a coordinated attack on facebook. the video calling on you to join in and why organizers say you won't get caught. she describes him as a pit bull. the new allegations one woman has leveled against san francisco sheriff and the impact they might have on his upcoming domestic abuse trial.

san francisco's sheriff legal problems are compounding. a former girlfriend has now come forward and filed a police report suggesting mirkerimi has a violent temper. healther holmes is live now in city hall with how the latest allegations could affect the sheriff's political career, heather. >> reporter: most legal analysts agree that this potentially is a big blow to mirkerimi's defense. and that now it's just a matter of time before his legal problems force him out of the sheriff's office here in the fourth floor of city hall. >> reporter: san francisco's embattled sheriff ignored questions as the evidence against him mounts. >> this takes a case that i thought was weak and makes it a

much stronger case. >> reporter: legal analyst michael cardosa is talking about the new abuse allegations launched against the sheriff by a former girlfriend. according to ktvu source, mirkerimi's exthat he showed a raging pit bull aggressiveness. the woman claims mirkerimi once grabbed both her arms, shook her and pinned her against the wall. mirk erimi is accused of bruising his wife's arm in front of their son. mirkerimi's trial is set to begin march 4th. >> advantage, district attorney with this no evidence. >> reporter: while cardosa

doesn't expect charges to be filed from this latest complaint, they believe it will damage mirkerimi's position. >> reporter: mayor ed lee says he is planning to speak to mirkerimi about his sheriff position and what is to come. and on facebook we asked if mirkerimi shouldstep down. cindy says, i don't believe so. not until there is proof one way or the other. politicians deserve a fair trial too. we're learning that the prosecutor and her husband have

been arrested saturday. the case has been referred to state attorney camala harris to avoid a conflict of interest. newt gingrich won the south carolina primary, and now romney is fighting back. as rita williams reports a new poll shows the two gop presidential front runners are neck and neck. >> the families lost everything in the housing crisis. newt gingrich cashed in. >> reporter: licking his wounds of defeat in south carolina, mitt romney or at least his ads came out swinging today. accusing newt gingrich of lobbying for the mortgage giant freddie mac. >> if you've been campaigning for six years, and you begin to see it slip away, you get desperate. and when you get desperate you say almost anything. it -- >> reporter: the first big one

was a winner take all primary. >> florida like california is a national melting pot. it's more reflection of america in general. >> reporter: a new gallop poll shows that nationally

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the markets close down slightly today. the nasdaq down two and a half. apple is scheduled to report its quarterly earnings tomorrow and there are estimates that the company sold 29 million of the 4 s model. >> for the first time ever disney will anow employees to

have mustaches and beards. facial hair has been permitted since they've opened but they say it's time to revise that policy. they say as of next month the workers can have facial hair. it will also allow employees to enjoy cash wall fridays. >> people were injured last night as a series of storms moved through birmingham. the national weather service has not confirmed the wind came from tornadoes but the red cross says more than 200 storms were destroyed. the storms were part of a system producing rain, hail and strong winds. >> today we're talking about fog out there now. live tracker showing the dew

point in napa. dew point temperatures have been reached so fog will form. i've got reports of fog in pittsburgh and towards the antioch as well. your forecast for tomorrow morning will be the main story. in the north and east t valley fog is back and it will hinder your getting to work and school. computer model lays it out like this t. 3:00 a.m. we get fog and then a high cloud cover. at 7:00 a.m. look for widespread fog. by lunchtime we're clearing. morning fog should burn off pretty early. tomorrow a warmer day and fog

starts out and burns off by early, mid-morning and a dry weather pattern. out in the pacific there's activity but the high pressure is establishing itself rapidly. the high pressure is back. when you got to fog forming quickly you know you have a fairly stable environment with high pressure and the high pressure is going to keep this good strong moisture, sends it to the north. into tuesday, more of the same of what we saw a week ago. the forecast highs tomorrow 60 in napa. temperatures will click up. we'll see mid-60s into the middle of the week and upper 60s. look out for fog tomorrow morning in morgan hill. your five day forecast for your weekend, i would like to see

rain in this but we don't have it. it would be nice coming off the nice series of storms but you can see it is dry, dry, dry. fog will be the story in the mornings though. that will be the weather head lines besides dry. >> that's a good looking week. >> yes. >> thank you, bill. a stream of charged particles will hit earth tomorrow morning. these are pictures from last week when the radiation storm began. it can damage satellites and on rare occasions power lines. nasa determined that crew members are not in danger. >> art work and happy new year wishes. from some talented youngsters in the south bay.

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>> wow, that's so pretty. mark joins us now after a heart breaking loss last night. no more victories to talk about. >> how low can you go? niners, sharks, warriors, out. blowing a 20 point second half lead against the grizzlies. they turned the ball over 24 times. 3: 30 in the third. david lee, this time, will be on the scoring end. 13 points, 12 rebounds for him and a three at 20. they were up 17 but nine fourth quarter turnovers and they let

one get away. 91-90 the your final. 39 fourth quarter points for the grizzlies to get it done against the war -- warriors. all around rot ton news for the san jose sharks, they were beaten in the shootout. the oilers are down and outers. down 1-0 in the third and redirecting. we go to a shoot out and taylor will beat thomas in the net for the sharks. they still have a chance to even it up as they are denied by devin and there you have it. it will go down as one of the all time sport depression sees right there with the 2002 giants in the baseball world

series. the title game against the giants as well, for you older fans, you remember preston riley and the on side kick against dallas, eventually the wound will heal but a punt his kyle's knee and a fumble in overtime. give williams this, he didn't duck the media today. >> it's painful. we're passional about what we do and passional about getting to the super bowl. everybody's responsible for what they do on and off the field and it's something i'm responsible for. >> you can't help but feel for that guy. in the meantime, more of the magic roster from the 2010 world champs, departing cody signing on with the boston red soxment looks like a one year

deal good for 3 million for a guy who had it all going on in the postseason for the giants. that's the sporting life for a monday night. >> he will be missed. thank you for trusting ktvu news. we'll see you at daybreak. >> we're on line at ktvutv.com.