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east bay neighborhoods, a determination about chemicals near children and homes. and he added on taxes and fees, the ticket comes out to be a lot more, we will let travelers know exactly the what they are getting into. and president barack obama delivers the state of american and what republicans are saying this morning, ktvu channel 2 news continues. complete bay area news coverage continues. this is ktvu channel 2 news. well, good morning to you welcome to a brand-new day, wednesday january 25th. thank you for joining us, let's check in with steve for the weather, it will be dry for a while? >> yes, we have clouds and mostly sunny and warmer

everywhere else, here is sal. traffic is looking along nicely as you head to the mcarthur maze although it is getting business year on west 80 and traffic is slowing down. there it is, an overturned van blocking a couple of vans. if they clear two could limit traffic and let's go pack to the desk. coming up exclusive information about a growing scandal. ktvu channel 2 news has learned a third woman may be coming forward with allegations of abuse from ross mirkarimi. tara moriarty has more. tara? >> reporter: yet another woman may be coming forward with allegations of physical abuse during his relationship.

we don't know when these alleged incidents happened but we do expect details could come out soon. it happened just taser and they bruised her around 45 years ago. mirkarimi said he did not abuse them and we spoke to all three women. >> mirkarimi is steadfast and clear throughout that he has not physically abused anybody he has had a relationship with. >> mayor ed lee met with mirkarimi to see if the sheriff will step aside during his trial. >> i think it is incumbent to whether it affects day-to-day operations which will be done. >> mirkarimi will not take pay

during his trial and he will also not be handling disciplinary cases for the time being. mirkarimi will be back in court to try to get a protective order modified which bans him from seeing his 2-year-old son. he and his wife will be here on the set of the hall of justice in support of him. live in san francisco, ktvu channel 2 news. time is now 603, it damaged a san francisco diner. we are still not clear how it started. firefighters moved in and they knocked down the fire in 40 minutes. no injuries were reported. they could study the lives of how children are affected. children living within a mile and also in he can west oakland they will be tested by

researchers. the drone pal community monitor and children in the west oakland area will be exposed to led. if you want to know more about the study you will be invited tonight's meeting. it will be in oakland starting at 6:30. it is easier to compare prices when you book airfare. live at fso with new disclosure rolls that are about to take affect. >> you can see the rules coming from the department of transportation and starting tomorrow, if you see a fair advertised by an airline, that fair has to include all those taxes and mandatory fees we pay so for example police, look we

are giving you a round trip tickets for the $99 and usually you have $20 in added fees and taxes and it starting tomorrow this is something passengers we spoke to this morning are saying is a good thing. >> i would say comparison shop as you are liking at the initial fair is incredibly important and i think they could come up at the end and i do a lot of comparison shopping and i think it is a great thing. not all airlines agree, they are asking their customers but also tried to team up fighting them arguing it was reregulation and limited their right to free speech.

consumer advocates is a good thing. morning news is that there are going to be slight differently starting tomorrow. there are also other changes that happened. fares cannot go up after you buy the ticket and all these rules are designed to make it easier to know how much you are going to pay before you fly. claudine wong ktvu channel 2 news. well president barack obama calls for fairness and shared responsibility in the u.s. >> you can call it welfare all you want but asking a bill on air to pay -- billionaire as much as his secretary in taxes, most americans would call that common-sense. here is more what they are

saying. newt gingrich is now ahead of mitt romney. the tracking poll shows newt gingrich is favored by registered american voters and mitt romney has 27%. rand paul and rick santorum is tied at 7% each. they are due to take the stand in the murder trial of a suspected gang member. edwin ramos is suspected of killing tony balogna and his sons michael and matthew bologna in 2008. today they are expected to hear from the only procedure -- only brother as he watched in horror as his father and two brothers were shot to death. edwin ramos mistook the bologna family for gang rivals. -- gang rivals.

the city has to cut more than $28 million. 128 city employees will lose their jobs involving the oakland zoo, children's farly land and -- fairy land and symphony in the schools. there is a very serious crash west 80 at central. it started off with a van that was stolen and that van slipped over as you come to the 580 interchange and now police are calling for an 6:00 team and this is a very serious injury here on 80, avoid that and try and get on the freeway after the central avenue on ramp

because this is a problem to the toll plaza, it is backed up to what has been a parking lot and it's go thing bigger. not on 280 as you get to san jose. we will have some rain dallas has is light rain and everything is starting to move northward so the rain line will as well. i would say men seen know county and that seems to to be the end tended line but it is starting to clear. it looks mostly clear unless you are points north and by 4:00 it looks sunny to me. there are low clouds and yesterday we had some of that fog visibility and there could be a pocket of it. san jose is one of those, 44

napa, 50 in santa rosa. 32 upper 40s, san rafael there is the loan up from the rain, that is where it is staying and that's high pressure building in and it looks like it will stick around for a while. mostly sunny and it's a dry pattern and it does not look like it will be next week. morning fog mostly sunny forecasted highs up 50s and it does look mostly sunny and warmer. at santa cruz a long gilroy at 68 degrees, on thursday still mild to warm conditions and breezy in the east bay hill. it should take care of the

evening but nice during the day. fall out from the video scandal involving u.s. marines in afghanistan. what an afghan shoulder said he did because he was so angry about that video. students do not meet all the requirements.

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6:14, the afghan soldier said he was angry at the troops who appeared to be urinating on the troops. he said it was the only motivation of the attack and they are looking into whether the attacker who had been in the army less than three months may have been recruited by terrorists. several minority groups a couseed of limiting police and a joint terrorism task force. officers can no longer collect information on residents without a reasonable suspicion of criminal activity. they are preventing arab and muslims fear they are being tar getted but police are saying no

white house will beat president barack obama. allison burns reports, he is going to promote the ideas he was talking about last night in his state of the union speech. allison? restaff, he wants to keep more jobs in the u.s. and tax reforms he said will create an economy to last. he said he wants to take on the growing disparities between rich americans and everyone else and today sitting in the first lady's group,... >> to make more than a million dollars a year, you should not pay less than 30% a why year in taxes. and if you make more, your taxes should not go up. >> and this morning republicans

rejected the idea of raising taxes for millionaires. >> we know when you make capital genes equipment. >> there are reports he does not plan to introduce any formal legislation to try to implement it. more reaction to the president's speech in my next update in about an hour. allison burps ktvu channel 2 news. -- allison burns ktvu channel 2 news. we found the latest on the campaign trail in the politics section and also president barack obama's state of the union speech is found on the news speech. it is part of admission pie exception policy and allows add minute officers to accept students who fall short of

requirements. admission by numbers jumped 60% and international and out of state students contributed to the increase. organizers for the americaers club yacht race cleared the hurdle and they voted to for the few for the race. they approved the reports back in december and they challenged with concerns over air pollution and water quality. the san mateo county board of supervisors will take over sharp gulf course in pacifica. it is managed by the park's department. san mateo will negotiate to get

control, they are trying to close the golf course arguing golf on that side is threatening endangered wildlife. let's check in on the roads, sal? we have new information with chp on this crash, west 80 central and what happened before according to chp -- chp is that a white pickup truck collided with a van this morning and the van flipped over on its roof. chp is telling me through their website a white puck up truck ultimately got into a crash. now there is a fatal vision on 80. three left lanes are blocked. they have issue a significant

alert please give yourself time. this is on the border of el cerrito and it will be a major delay for your commute. let's go to other pictures, bay bridge may be lighter as a result more people will not be able to get through. a lot of people are coming in from that area using the bay bridge and you may want to get ahead of the crowd if you can they will be arriving and at some point they will all be late. 6:19 let's go to steve. we have more clouds to the north, it looks like a mostly sunny day on tap. you can see what is going on and everything continues to push north, there is some rain up on mendocino coast, up towards trinity and we have some lower 50s. san rafael mid-to-upper 40s, if

we get a few breaks in the clouds temperatures will cool off and high pressure will kicking back in for the next four or five days. mostly sunny, some morning low clouds and temperatures are starting to come up and they are getting a little bit above, low 50s and 60s and your extended outlook shows a pattern, friday into saturday sunny warm days. the company will track what users do online using video e- mail and social networking sites. they will push people to search results and privacy concerns have been brought up and users will not be able to opt out of the changes and changes are expected to take affect march

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. we have a very serious crash near carlson, this involves an overturned van and traffic is quickly backing up. a woman was trapped inside her car after crashing into a pond in idaho. she got stuck in the mud. she survived on candy and water. she went for help when the pond began to fill with water.

she stayed with the van because she was always told not a to leave the vehicle when she became stranded. they are now allowed to return back home but they are not allowed to stay the night. three condos were tagged and they assessed the hillside. monday's slide crushed a car. they voted to bring in police dogs to sniff out drugs on campus. there has been a big increase of the number of drugs with students. they will conduct random searches of the school's parking lots and lockers. some civil rights groups say, random dog searchers violate privacy and those searches

could begin as early as next month. now firefighters and pg&e will stage a fake car collision into a natural gas line. they will then practice capping a gas leak. if you bought a lottery ticket last month, you may want to check it. it is worth more than 150,000 dollars and it was one of five that matched five of the draw. winning numbers are 8, 3, 5, 18 and the meganumber was 14. the ticket was told at the stop and paid to and witnesses have more than 180 days to claim their prizes. a growing scandal. ktvu channel 2 news has exclusive information about a third accuser. the 49ers are ready to break ground on a new stadium

but stadium opponents are ready to go to school. some stocks, we go to the opening bell next.

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it is wednesday january 25th. i am dave clark. >> time now is 6:30. we will begin with growing charges in a new scandal. ktvu channel 2 news has learned a third woman has come forward with allegations against san francisco sheriff ross mirkarimi. this is exclusive information and tara, we understand the new information about the domestic violence trial as well. >> reporter: that's right, he has listed potential witnesses will be filed and on that list can be his wife, the couple's neighbors, police and possibly this new other woman. she will feel some opportunity of complaint -- some type of complaint. now this comes just days after

another ex-said he bruised her years ago. >> he had a relationship with this woman, it ended poorly, he has not spoken to her in three or four years and he has not abused her during the course of that relationship. >> reporter: mirkarimi pled not duty of abuse charges against his wife and he met yesterday with the mayor to see if he will step aside. >> he will not step aside or take a leave of absence. >> reporter: mirkarimi said he will not take pay during his trial and he will not handle disciplinary cases with sheriffs in the department during that time. he will try to lift a protective order that currently

bands him from seeing his son. his wife will be here to rally in honor of his support. ktvu channel 2 news. >> and the oakland police riders scandal. howard jordan has been ordered to work more closely with an independent monitor. they agreed to make reforms after the riders' case and a federal judge over the consent decree said he must consult with the monitor when he deals with officers. they are accused of beating suspects and those officers were never convicted of any crimes. meantime, they are moving towards ending pensions. they voted to notify the state pension system that they will terminate the program. in the mean team lawmakers are trying willing to reduce

retirement benefits and pension benefits have more than tripled in a decade. the fire started on the first floor of bancroft avenue at 9:00 p.m. a look inside the unit where the fire started, the flames caused a lot of damage, it burned the ceilings and the walls. the people who lived there did get out safely but the cause of that fire is still under investigation. a pipeline rupture in san bruno, we just got this new video in the area where it happened. pg&e said construction crews actually damaged a line on yet afternoon. that is two miles from the site of the deadly explosion and they have been evacuated as a precaution and the pipeline was repaired by 6:00 p.m. the new stadium will likely

be decided by the courts. late last night they rejected a petition on the stadium. live in santa clara with all the details, here is more. >> reporter: as you said last night santa clara city council voted no to put this stadium referendum to a vote again. >> you can't go back and say i want to undo something that was approved by santa claraians. >> reporter: they approved to build a new stadium in santa clara and they didn't know about how much building a new 9ers stadium. last month they approved a 950,000 dollars bank loan to pay for the stadium. >> i do not want to pay for the stadium, i pay taxes and there

are a lot of other nice things for taxes to go to. >> reporter: now council voted no on the opposition referendum which would cost $4 million and they are vowing to bring their cases to the court and it is looking like it could come down to the courts to decide whether there will be a go of this, ktvu channel 2 news. 49ers lost to the new york giants and the san francisco cable car will be decked out in blue and white. san francisco ed lee has to make good and they now have to send that information to new york city. they have ties to the long time division rival. dennis allan right there has

decided to leave for the 2012 season. he becomes the first since john madden was coach in 1969. he like madden will be a young coach and dennis allan is now 39. president barack obama heads out to begin a three to five-day tour to sell his state of the union message. first stop, they make belts in iowa and he will pitch ideas to create jobs here in the u.s. later today the president will travel to an intel computer plant in arizona. a lot is happening, where is it? >> it is 880 westbound and carlson has a fatal accident

and chp says there is a person who was driving recklessly. at least three persons were hurt, at least a few lanes are blocked so if you are driving in funnel or richmond you will be in a big traffic jam. if you can get yourself on the freeway after carlson, use 580 and avoid 80 and pass the hoffman split. now when you get on to the bay bridge, you will notice traffic is a lot lighter than it would be because people who come to the bay bridge right now they are not getting there so if you are getting to the bay bridge, you have a little way to get ahead of the crowd here. also the morning commute in san jose so far looks good getting up into the valley.

even some light rain to the north, we had a couple of reports of light rain. this up here, you can see where the rain line is mainly mendocino, the line takes it out of california and it might hug the oregon border. some rain to the north and some of it is light, mostly sunny and warmer not much of a breeze and we have a northerly breeze. some low clouds but mostly mainly coast and bay and it will burn off quickly, it is more of a low cloud deck. even 50s for oakland and santa rosa that is what is showing up on live storm tracker 2 so

maybe down to fort brag, i would show it to you but that is all that is showing up and it is too level to be picked up by the radar. high pressure is building as indicated and the clouds are driving towards seattle and portland. so mostly sunny. low clouds to the north and south bay. it is not too outrageous. it is warmer to the south and 50s and 60s and we start to find warmer weather in santa clara valley and capitoa 68. all the way back clouds on thursday but the trend is sunny and warm and breezy on friday in the east bay hills it means a sunny nice weekend after a chilly morning. it is day 7 without water for people in the area, it knocked out power for people in

trout lake. some businesses are using backup generators to stay open and some schools have been closed. they are working 16 hour shifts and they will have electricity up and running in the next couple of days. time now 6:40 a mystery solved. >> good job tonight. >> did you hear that, did you see that, we now know why president barack obama was congratulating leon panetta just before last night's state of union speech. good morning traffic on westbound interstate 880 and it is looking slow here in marin county it looks fine if you are heading down south towards the golden gate bridge. sweetheart. we need to talk.

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. good morning a fatal crash on carlson boulevard has several lanes blocked and we are getting reports it was caused by a reckless driver police knew about, we will tell you more about it coming up. here is a quick look at some of the other stories, ktvu channel 2 news has learned a third woman may come forward with abuse allegations against san francisco sheriff ross

mirkarimi. sources tell us those allegations may include physical abuse during their relationship. overnight, fire damage in the bayside cafe. no injuries are reported and the cause of the fire is under investigation. president barack obama starts a tour selling the message of last night's state of the union address. he said the american economy is improve willing and he outlined several programs he wants to improve to create more jobs here in the united states. happening right now, republican presidential candidate mitt romney has scheduled a rebuttal this morning to president barack obama's state of union speech last night. here he is. >> there was a whole rift about regulation and how enterprises and small business, didn't he realize the rate of new

regulation has tripped? and he has came out with a series of regulations and he wants to cut regulations even though he is the guy who dram mattly increased them. and then he said he is in favor of energy. any of the above resources he wants to use all of these resources and wait a second, isn't he guy who held offer and compromise shore drilling, isn't this the guy whose regulators are making it impossible to get natural gas out of pennsylvania. i was with a big chemical company and he said we just announced a $20 billion factory in saudi arabia. we would have loved to have it in the u.s. but we can't count on it because of government

regulators. >> that was mitt romney offering his rebuttal. and mitt romney republicans are talking about oil but they wanted to listen live because they want to go ahead of the primary next tuesday. we are getting new details about a raid of u.s. navy seals that rescued two hostages in somalia why. -- somalia. now we know why president barack obama was congratulating leon panetta last night. it turns out the same navy seal team that killed osama bin laden par suited in somalia that rescued a man and woman

from somalian pirates. they called the american father and told him his daughter was safe. jessica beau canon are now back with their families after being kidnapped at gunpoint for three months. thousands have gathered at the square and they are marking the first anniversary that forced president hosni mubarak out of power. he is accused of ordering the killing of hundreds of demonstrators during the unrest. there are reports of tension there in the square and some are not happy about the slow pace of reforms. there is talk about turningit into a movie studio and that story is coming up on mornings on 2. it is hard to swallow but the championship game at candle

stick park took a gigantic hit nationwide. the television rating show over the 49ers was the third most watched nfc championship game ever. it was an average of 57 million viewers and it jumped to 6 the million during over time. as you might expect, ratings were incredibly high where you saw the game right here on can't until 2. expect to see a strange looking cable bar, we will have to make good on the promise to put blew and what the flags. it came as a friendly bet with new york's mayor earlier this month. he also agreed to send sourdough breed this if he lost. if you must know they will be taking home fans on sunday.

>> 6:49 is the time let's check in with sal on traffic. unless you don't want tom brady, he was fine quarterback, they want him to pass montana but, we'll see. good morning everybody. this morning's commute will be affected by a big problem on 80 westbound as you get near carlson. we have been telling you about it for a while since it began and it is a serious crash on carson. it is backed up big time in richmond and panel. >> meanwhile, all these people are being held up and for example the bay bridge commute is doing better because of this crash. this is highway 4 and it is a pretty heavy commute as usual coming to the willow pass

grade. also westbound 80 bridge, this traffic is light because a lot of people are held up on the crash on 80. here is steve. >> the rain line continues to push north and as you can see there is a dividing lineup on fort brag, some light rain up here as well and so thank you for that tweet. if you are not getting any rain, you can always tweet me and we have some light rain up here. areas to the north yes, for most once it burns off, partly cloudy skies to the north bay, high pressure kicks in here and it will not be a rip roaring high pressure system, it will lose its grip but it is a dry pattern and 40s and 50s and low

clouds are going to the coast. if you don't see it on radar, it is such low stuff that it doesn't get picked up. but it is there. lake county north or along the coast, that is a sign it they are sendingering north. it is warmer in parts of the peninsular, upper 50s and a little warmer on the east bay and red would city san mateo, 68 santa cruz gilmore pleasanton, all around 65. about the same tomorrow, we could get some drizzle but inland will be sunny and breezy and it looks nice as we go into your weekend. all right, this is a crazy story, soldiers playing hot potato while they are passing some sort of explosives back

and forth. that video is going viral. also, the reason some san francisco residents do not like it, stay tuned we will explain. with flu complications. lysol disinfectant spray is approved to kill over 50 germs on surfaces. this includes cold and flu viruses. so we recommend using lysol every day.

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they reported huge earnings and allel has $449 per share which means it beat them out in terms of market cap. [ chanting ] >> boy, that will wake you up. this video has gone viral, it is a bomb drill and it shows chinese soldiers passing around explosives until the last second. this test tests the psychological preparation of those soldiers. a san francisco jack in the box gets to review conditions. it first came under fire when a firefighter was run over by an suv. shortly after the incident it was discovered the jack in the box did not have the proper

person myths to operate in late night hours. they were approved for a permit but they will have to close between 4:00 and 6:00 a.m. and will have to keep the area clean. two bay area high school students, they are among the finalists for the 2012 talent search. they are from palo alto's high school and rob from san jose's college preparatory. now the finalists will be invited to washington d.c. in march and they will compete for a $630,000 prize. that is exciting. sal has a serious accident he is covering. >> that's right, it has been there going on an hour and traffic is quickly backing up an alternate routes are to stay off this freeway, perhaps use 580 to get to the berkeley area. let's go to some other things

here, bay bridge is empty because a lot of people are held up in the crash. south bay coming up on 237. let's go to steve. north in the mendocino county, a little system up there otherwise we will have mostly sunny skies and temperatures in the 60s and a little warm are towards the south. san francisco's new sheriff in a growing scandal, ktvu channel 2 news has exclusive information about a third accuser. also a victory in santa clara, it comes just days after the breaking loss to candle stick, stay right here with us.