from facebook today. >> reporter: we're live in oakland where they are making progress to repair a water main break on macarthur boulevard. wet roads for the morning commute. it could set you back some. we'll tell you which are the slowest. "mornings on 2" starts now. well, good morning. welcome to "mornings on 2." i'm dave clark. >> i'm tori campbell. it's wednesday, february 1st. a flu outbreak has shut down the san francisco high school known as si. today's closure comes after 140 students from saint ignacious high got sick. tara moriarty is live with more. >> reporter: students are not going to be here. many of them are at home because classes were canceled. many of them are actually on facebook. we've been czech -- we've been

checking the posts and the theme seems to be, did it get to you? according to the high school website, 90 students went home early because they were showing signs of the bug. another 50 had already called in sick. the decision was then made to cancel classes at si today. health officials are expected to be here some time this morning. we spoke to a security officer who said last night extra sphaf was brought in to sanitize any surface students may have come into contact with. there are about 1400 students who attend this school. we're told the bug began four days ago. school administrators are telling students to stay home for three days after their vomiting has stopped or their fever goes away. all sports events have been canceled. class should resume tomorrow.

back to you. >> thank you. a contagious stomach bug is going around in an elementary school in santa rosa. monroe amendmentary sent a note home to parents alerting them with a number of students getting sick with stomachaches. cuss tudian -- custodians are sanitizing. 7:02. right now, east bay mud crews are digging up a very busy street. this is all happening near macarthur boulevard and grand avenue. noelle walker is there now. how many people affected by this what do you know? >> reporter: dave, there are 11 customers are affected by this. i don't know how anybody can get some sleep because this is

very noisy. we have a piece of the pipe. east bay m.u.d. spent the morning digging. they are now repairing a four- foot section of pipe line that they just lowered in there about two minutes ago. i asked the crews how they found the break and they said they found us. there was mud on macarthur plfd early this morning. we saw a few people -- they were dressed in what appeared to be their pajamas. probably a pretty sleepless night for a lot of them. -- they are waking up to an early morning. 11 customers, as i said, are

without water service. when i say 11 customers, i don't mean 11 individuals or single family homes. in fact, none of them are single family homes, one of them is an apartment building, one adult care facility. so multiple units within each of the 11 customers we talked to. i asked east bay m.u.d. how long they thought they would be out here this morning. they said this repair is gonna take another two, three hours. it appears they've found the break. they've taken away the section of pipe line that was damaged. repairs are forth coming. reporting live in oakland, noelle walker, ktvu channel 2 news. 7:04. today the republican race heads west to nevada dr. rotny finished with 46% of the vote last month. newt gingrich came in second. rick santorum finished if third

and ron paul. coming up at:15, something else mitt romney said about -- about poor people in america that's getting the low of attention. the palo alto school berd wants to make it harder for students to graduate high school. the news reports the drig wants to sink up for admission requirements for uc and california state universities. a lot of parents and students like the idea which is intended to close the performance gap of african-american and latino students with white and asian students. if -- if this is approved.

it -- if this is approved more math would need to be taken. you will want to be friends with any facebook. they are expected to file for a stock offering. coming up at:30, what the ipo means for the company, the workers and outside investors. facebook is also taking steps to improve bike safety. facebook is working with caltrans to make it easier for its employees to bike to wok -- to work. almost half of all facebook workers take alternative transpoempttation to fet to work including riding bikes. unfortunately, nothing everybody can ride their bikes to work. that's why we have sal, keeping an eye on out there. >> if you are trying to get through the door, you might be slowed down. let's take a look at the mate

bridge. also just in the last few minutesser finding out about opinion air delays -- minutes finding out about some air delays. let's take a look at the bay bridge toll plaza. that's about a 15-minute wait. there are no major problems getting to it. 80 westbound, we've had a couple of fender-benders on 80. and it will be slow. if you are driving on highway 4, slow traffic there as well. if you are driving to highway 4 to the will owe low pass grade, there is a minor accident. southbound 680 traffic as you move through walnut creek. let's go to steve. a very good morning. so far on flight advisory, no

reports of delays. we could use more rain. 30 degrees up in tahoe. clearing, cool later on today, slow clear, partly sunny. temperatures, though, 50s for many or very low 60s. the low cloud deck, i think that will be the bigger story. mostly cloudy at noon, clouds, sun, slow clearing tarting to take place. the forecast headlines has today's system and the next rain looks like tab dash it is on tap p for the weekend. just slow morning. but the weekend looks good. temperatures will be cooler in the morning and then warmer in

the afternoon. cloudy, sun in the afternoon but watch out for some of that drizzle. some of the streets are still wet. upper 50s for some on a cool day. 50s and also 60s. extended forecast which has your weekend in view. it shows night and morning fog, mostly cloudy and a little warmer as we head to the weekend. 7:09. new this morning -- it's sad news, in the music world, tmz, the associated press now reporting that don cornelius died this morning in an apparent suicide. law enforcement sources are telling both tmz he was found dead -- around the associated press he was found dead. police believe it was a self-

inflicted wound. he created the very popular "soul train." it ran until 2006. once again, both tmz and "the associated press" is reporting that don cornelius has died. he was 75. >> interesting looking back at that video. 7:0. now that he score -- 7:0. now that he scored a big victory in florida, the reason he's the own lin candidate to get ecorrect service marriage. marriage -- the only candidate

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. temperatures are in the 40s. this will clear later on today. temperatures cool, in the 50s. it is 7:12. the morning after his big win in florida, mitt romney is making some comments that are raising eye bras -- eyebrows. alison burns is live with his controversial statement. alison? >> reporter: tori, that's right. mitt romney was taking his victory lap on morning tv when he said something his critics say prove he's out of touch. still, riding high from his big win in florida where he captured 46% of the vote, mitt romney was talking about his economic plan this morning and said he wasn't concerned about the very poor. >> i'm in this case because i care about americans. i'm not caring about the very

poor. there's a safety net there. if it needs repair, i will fix it. i'm not concerned about the rich, they are doing just fine. i'm concerned about the heart of america. >> reporter: newt gingrich who captured 32% of the florida vote is vowing to stay in the race. rick santorum is trying to position himself as the best conner is rative alternative to romney and ron paul is hoping his strongest organization in nevada will give him new momentum. but they all know it will be an uphill climb. back to you. and mitt romney will soon be protected by the secret service. reportedly he's not being given any -- any secret service because of threats. but because the crowd size is unusual. herman cain became the first

candidate for secret service protection. he dropped out in december. stay with us for the election headlines. you will find that at the top of the our home page. today, the battle over gay marriage will be fought in the stay of washington. now, the bill is expected to narrowly pass the state senate early this evening. it has wide support in the house. the state of washington would become the 7th state to approve gay marriage. pfizer is recalling million packets of birth cell pills. lo/ovral is affected. pfizer says there's no health risk but woman who are affected, you are advised to

contact your doctor. 7:15, the violence continues in syria. syrian government forces launched an offensive against rebel soldiers who briefly captured control around damascus. yesterday, the united nations security council considered a resolution demanding the president of syria. the u.n. estimates more than 5400 people have been kimed since march. extreme weather has killed dozens -- dozens of people in japan. more than 50 were killed an 700 injured during a heavy snowstorm. authorities say there's been a delay in snow removal. they say a lot of the equipment is still being used for reconstruction in areas affected by last year's earthquake and tsunami. an 18-year-old man, in grave condition after an accident at north berkeley.

police say a car crashed into him while he was riding his skateboard on a rhine -- marin if avenue -- ma -- marin avenue monday evening. the driver of the car stopped after the accident and is cooperating with police. investigators still aren't sure who was at fault. and look at this. a wisconsin ski resort a rescue. -- a rescue of the -- up above the ski lift. a good of smaferry tons gathered under him as he was hanging from the if chair -- samaritans gathered under him. he was hinging from the chaf and the they were all around

him. welts fargo bank has one angry customer with plenty of money. it's the city of berkeley. city leaders are angry with the bank's roll in the foreclosure crisis. so last night, the council voted not to automatically renew its contract with wells fargo when it expires at the end of the year. wells far grow currently holds more than $300 million in city assets. >> we're gonna look at moving our money to a bank that's reputable. >> the city of berkeley has been doing business with wells fargo since 2004. the account could shift to a smaller institution such as

mechanics bank. caltrans starting to focus on how it's gonna get rid of the eastern span of the eastern bridge once the new span opens sometimes sometime next year. engineers say it will probably take around three years to bring down the bridge. that's because he it wouldn't be -- it couldn't be good for the environment. >> keep your eyes on the road. don't mind that hanging beam that's 100 feet over to your right. >> the entire removal project is expected to cost about $44 million. well, this is the season for love, for skunks. some california residents are paying the big price for it. wildlife experts say hundreds of skunks are now migrating and

moving into sacramento looking for love. experts say female skunks constantly spray when they've mated to keep other male skunks away. oftentimes males are spriing right back. residents are advised to keep the door closed and keep the pets inside. it's another wet morning commute in the bay area. steve will be back to tell us whether we'll see any sunshine today. it's a labor dispute that could impact how much you pay at the pumpp. the late-night decision involving refinery workers. is from lg.

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. the united steel workers union says it's reached a tentative deal with shell on a new three-year contract recovering refinery workers nationwide. the union represents thousands of refinery workers including te tese --tesero. they were still at the bargaining table last night and safety measures are a sticking point. let's check in with sal. let's see what sal is focusing on. >> i'm focusing on the wet roads because even a little bit of wetness causes more traffic than normal. the bridge, it's misty and foggy. we have flight delays coming in for san francisco airport. it's on twitter. we checked with the airport and

the problem is that the planes are coming in a little extra slow. of course they turn around and go out delayed as well. this is a look now at the bay bridge. you can see some of that wet weather moving through. steve will be here in a moment. but for driving, it's not great. but there is a lot of slow traffic at the toll plaza. and if you are driving in contra costa county, we have slow traffic building not only on 4 but the 680, 24 approaching orinda. let's go to steve. >> yes, sir. a very foggydy drizzly forecast -- foggy, drizzly forecast. temperatures in the 40s. they've been here all morning long. with the fog starting to be more of an issue than the drizzle. that will cause flight delays. take it slow. temperatures will struggle to

rebound. 40s to right at 50. there's ninely a couple of other 50s. 48 seems really popular. napa is in there. san rafael, oakland, sfo, san francisco, even san jose, redwood city is close. the next system -- the next system is moving north. today, it's a cloudy morning and then some sun later on. watch out for the fog and also some of that drizzly conditions out there for a while. 50s for many on the high side. the extended forecast. the days will be sunny and warmer as we head into friday and the weekend looks fine. >> all right. thank you, steve. it's now official -- the pink slips go out at oakland city hall. we caught up with the mayor right after the vote. sweetheart. we need to talk.

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. well, good morning to you. welcome back. this is "mornings on 2." i'm dave clark. it's not only wednesday, the middle of the week. it's the 1st day of february. >> that's right. we want to get to steve. >> we do have a lot of fog. this is kind of a ho-hum

system. it's there. it might reduce some of your travel time. just too much fog. you can see some of that settling in in oakland. some of that is a little bit of a drizzle. temperatures will stay in the 40s. we'll have more coming up. er to supply. >> -- we'll have more coming up. the city council last night voted to eliminate more than 100 positions, 81 of which are currently filled. union group, residents and occupy demonstrators packed city hall 20 protest the cuts. there were no major disruptions like last weekend. the city slashed millions to offset moneys. >> somebody who goes and shows people industrial space and whatever is what is calling us. those are the kind of positions

that redevelopment funded. >> we don't have the luxury of being angry because there's so much at stake. so what we need to do is be extremely professional on both sides. >> the city had sent out thousands of layoff notices earlier this month. mose will be rescinded. lated off workers will receive two weeks' notice. here are some of the areas that will be cut many jobs in economic development. public works will be eliminated. several departments will merge including parks and recreation and human services. the city will sell a former fire station for extra cash. there will not be you cans such as the fairliryland, the zoo and the 11 calling system -- will not be cut such as the fairyland, the zoo and the 21

calling system -- 211 calling system. today as uc berkeley a revised code of student conduct takes effect. changes include a stricter time line. an independent hearing officer will be hired to make sure that proper procedures will filed -- will be used. remember this video? it showed uc berkeley police in riot gear repeatedly hitting occupy cal protesters with ba tons. this is during a protest last

september. but it turns that the anger to this has turned up to apathy. only a handful of the seats were filled for a campus forum spopser ised by mark yudof. and later today, occupy protesters will announce from -- will announce plans. the city wants to serve more than protesters with those stay- away orders preventing them from being within 100 yards of city hall. judges have already issued that order to at least a dozen occupy protesters. students and teachers are trying to cope with the slaying of a second student this school year. on friday, a 15-year-old girl was violently stabbed to death

in her home. the suspect was the father of the girl's 9-month-old baby. police say he hung himself at the port of oakland the next day. this morning, a southern california elementary schoolteacher is behind bars accused of molesting nearly a dozen students. gigi graciette is the reporter who broke this story and she's in los angeles with more. >> reporter: good morning -- good morning, tori. good morning, everybody. shock is turning to anger as --

after this man seen, he taught school and he will be facing a judge today and charged with 23 -- charged with crimes. the sheriff's department found 390 pictures reportedly taken by burnt and his students that depicted school kids, ages 7 to 10, bound and gagged inside a classroom. their mouths taped shot with cockroaches and their body assed the most -- and their poddy -- on their body and burnt was later to have been spoon feeding them semun. he will face the judge today

where he will be formally charged. the sheriff's office says there probably are more victims. back to you. police in concord are looking for an armed suspect. about 6:30 last night, outside the victim 'apartment on med low don't ---- pointed a gun at her and she fee fused to give heir -- refutessed to give her any information. if you have any idea about this call oakland police. the parents of a 6-year-old boy are saying they are outraged after their son was accused of sexual assault playing a game of tag. coming up for you at 7:45, what the school is saying about that

matter. now, back to clayton school and the situation. therms of that will be discussed in the contra costa board meeting. they willle consider giving the charter more time to find more detail. county trustees approved the charter proposal earlier this month but with conditions. a cleaning company could find out today whether it will get to move into a vary can't car dealership in concord. service master clean wants to rent a 50,000-square foot area on diamonth boulevard on east 680. despite storing costs and

increasing doubts about california's high speed rail system, san francisco officials still want it to become a reality. yesterday, the san francisco county transportation authority discussed its plan to bring the high-speed service to the city. the plan called "fast start" could have service in place before the predicted date. we need to get you where you need to go. how is traffic? >> well, the wet weather is making it slower. if you give yourself an extra five or ten minutes, it really make a world of difference. >> highway 24 looks all of that -- okay.

just leave the house early. this is the bay bridge toll plaza we've been looking at. you can barely see it. that low weather is moving in. and as we move to walnut creek in concord, contra costa county, the traffic is get -- is getting busy. as you drive south down to san ramon and castro valley, the traffic there is moderately heavy. almost every reporting -- reporting station either fog. it be dash. org fog or cold. i fet reports from bill, fog -- it will be either fog or cold. i get reports from bill. temperatures today will be held down a little bit. a lot of u7er 50s here -- a lot of upper 50s.

the cloud cover is too much of a westerly breeze. cloudy, cool, drizzle, light rain. we'll see some partly sunny conditions and clearing later on. 40s to 50s, 46 to 50. temperatures really haven't changed much in the last three or four hours. they've been there all morning. the system going by did produce a quarter inch of rain. june up there and also in fort gragg, about .25. so we had a little bit. once it hit the bay area, most as were up at the north bay. that's about .04. after that drizzling announce -- announcements. dash it will help us recover slowly. the morning lows will be on the cool side. i think we'll have to deal with

a lot of fog. a cloudy to mostly cloudy day here for a while and then clearing, night and morning fog, thursday into friday. mostly sunny but a little bit warmer and we'll take that into the weekend. later this morning. second snow survey of the year will be conducted today by the state department. this is video of the fiferred survey that was conducted during january. and during that time period. researchers are expecting surveys today to provide similar results. they say it's been a very dry winter so far. but the state is still benefiting from all of the snow and rain from -- from last year. coming up a check on what's moving pt stock market, including apple i had stafermed a trading day. running out the rush.

. 7:42. after his victory in the florida primary, mitt romney is now joining the other candidates and heading to states like minnesota and nevada with upcoming caucuses. sandra endo is in tampa, florida with the outlook for the candidates as they move forward. good morning, sandra. >> reporter: well, good morning, tori. it was a double-digit win for mitt romney here in florida. he garnered 46% of the vote and despite the fact it was a decisive victory, the heated primary race is far from over. it's a hard-fought, spell civic

and often brutal -- expense and often brutal race. >> people care about the economy. that's my background. >> reporter: tuesday night, he tried to ease concerns that the primary's negative tone could weaken the primary. >> we will win. >> reporter: speaking in front of a sign reading "46 states to go," newt gingrich fell short of congratulating his rival. >> it's now clear that this will be a two-person race between the conservative leader, newt gingrich and the massachusetts governor. >> reporter: rick santorum finished third and argued he's the viable conservative to

gingrich. >> he became the issue. we can't allow our nominee to be the issue in the campaign. ron paul is staying in. but romney is spotioned that tash positioned to do well -- expected to do well. mitt romney will be campaigning in minnesota later this afternoon. he will wrap up the night with a rally in las vegas. newt gingrich is also expanding in nevada. tori, back to you. >> thank you, santra. 7:45. in about ten minutes president obama is tu to allow a plan to refinance their mortgages at lower interest rates even if they are under water. the president will follow up on a proposal he made in his state of -- state of the union speech. that plan would save the average borrower about $3,000 a year. it would be paid for on a fee -- by a fee on large banks.

it's facing on po -- opposition. ktvu will bring you live coverage of the president's remarks once he begins to speak. u.s. factories grew in january at the fastest pace in seven months, boosted by a rise in new orders. people are reading to work this morning at the facebook headquarters in menlo park. in just a few months, some of the employees will become millionaires. the company is expected to file an initial public offering. in the next hour, we'll have a live report from facebook. we'll examine the far-reaching ramifications of the stock offering from wall street to the silicon valley.

7:46. apple stock opened at an all- time high today. shaves of the cupertino based company closed at $-- closed at $4656 yesterday. they are trading right now. i'm not getting the information. let me try one more time. they are down slightly, just about -- at $456. the couple with the drop in exxon stock made apple the most valuable corp riggs. -- corp riggs. last month was wall street's best january in did -- in a decade. the dow finished up nearly 3.5%. the s&p 500 closed out january with a 4.4% gain which is its best start of the year. since -- since 1997. and the nasdaq will get -- did

better. >> the state controller has a dire warning for california. in a letter to lawmakers, controller john chiang says the state will ton out of cash by early march. if the state does not borrow more money. the legislature has to come up with $3.9 billion. 7:467. in hercules, a reaction about an incident involving a 6-year- old boy that led to him being suspended and allegations of sexual assault. claudine wong is in our newsroom now with more on the details and the controversy surrounding it. >> reporter: well, this incident involves two first- graders at lupine amendmentry school. the tee lay was it a case of -- that's lu account pine

amendment school. this incident allegedly happened back in december. according to the new york times, it was school rough busing. and the prinsd pal -- and. principal suspended and the boy was transferred to another school. the question this morning is was the prin pal responsibility -- was the principal responsible for this? i just checked the california department of education website. it all tee pends on how you perceive what happened otten the play ground. if you -- in this kay, according to the -- case,

according to the officials, district is not talking -- is not talking. 7:49. new this morning, authorities say they've just identified yet another person killed in that italian cruise ship disaster. the victim, a woman from germany. she's now the 17th person recovered from the wreckage of the costa concordia. 15 people are still missing, including a couple of from minnesota. >> the search has been called off -- has didn't -- has opinion called off. a tsa agent at dallas airport, accused of stealing ipads from checked luggage. authorities say the individual worked in the area where dags -- bags are screened by hand. expert police say they found him with male stone -- they found him with a stolen ipod. authorities say another victim

tracked the stolep ipad to his house. he's been arrested and is on leave. an arrest in a cold case that date the back to 1983. the evidence the san francisco say -- police say links them to the swck. the -- links them to the suspect.

. a suspect is 234 custody for a homicide in san francisco nearly 30 years ago. police arrested 47-year-old william payne on monday. investigators say dna linked him to a killing in san francisco's mclaren park in 1983. payne was a teenager at the time. he's also accused of killing 41- year-old nicholas crumbly of texas. homicide investigators say the texas man was strangled after

being sexually assaulted. . in about two hours, caltran crews will start pouring cement for california's first highway ton until almost 50 years. the work has been going on since september of 2007. now, caltrans crews say the dig is doning, the arch bridges are complete. by the end of this week, the concrete roadways will be finished. >> you drivers should be able to use the tunnel in november or december of this year. let's see if sal has any news for people out on the

roads. >> i have a little bit of breaking news. if you are in san francisco on bryant near 25th, there's smoke coming out from a house fire there. now, the fire we're hearing is confined to an exterior balcony. but there is a lot of fire crews on the scene near 25th. it's an apartment building there. san francisco itself, the freeway system is a little bit busy. we do see a lot of fog in san francisco. we also have flight delays reported at san francisco's airport up to an hour because planes are wait coming in. let's move along to a live picture of -- a lie picture. >> quickly we go to another area that's slow. let's if to steve. >> well, the is going through but i would say 90% of the area is covered with low cloud,

nothing. not dangerous. a couple of .10s here and there. look for a cloudy to mostly cloudy morning. a couple of them showing a little bit of sun. if you c -- if you have that, you can with me. he r 46 to 50. temperatures have been stuck but within you see a wherein to f.m -- have been -- temperatures have been stuck but there's some sun peeking through. upper 60s. most of that drizzle is done for about an hour or so and

then it should be out of the picture. temperatures will repound a little bit. 7:56. we have some new information on a teenaged tragedy. this one in santa rosa. the coroner's report of a 14- year-old girl that happened during a sleepover. [ male announcer ] this is big.

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new headquarters in menlo park. it's time to see if wall street likes -- if wall street likes the city. >> i think i would wobblely wait to see. what happens after a -- after a lot of these huge ipos, the price is high but then it drops. so i hink i would wait to see what happens. >> reporter: that somen -- some people will opinion fit.

they could start dashing in those dash ooptions in the year and a half. now, if facebook does file its paper work today. you can expect to see the ipo in april or may. market bachers -- watchers estimate the price would be somewhere in the $3520 $40 range. we are -- $35 to $40 change. we're live in menlo park, christien kafton, ktvu channel 2 news. one minute after 8:00. a flu grout break has shut down the san francisco heil sewn as -- a flu outbreak has shut down a san francisco school. tara, what's happening? >> reporter: the health department is supposed to be here. we spoke to one student who got

sick. they said today was supposed to be a homework holiday. they are going to come here and assign the individuals. the health department recommended that the school be shut down so crew kos do a thorough cleaning. the principal says 200 students caught the stomach flu. some called in sick, others went home. >> we talked to someone juneier who said it was a pretty -- >> it was pretty crazy. you saw the teen's office, a line of people getting ready to go home. the bathrooms really smell. >> reporter: now, anderson's dad coaches boys' soccer and says his practice was a wuf run. i saw some of my players getting stick after the

practice. had a couple of -- couple of guys that had to sit down. they had one guy go to a bar gidge and throw up. and also on the bus, another student troupe up -- through up. >> reporter: gastroenteritis is highly contagious. it's possible a lot more children have been expose. school officials are asking doesn'ts -- students who have been sick to stay out of school for a while. as far as si, there will be classes here. 8:03. a contagious stomach bug is going around in an elementary

school. notes were sent home to parents yesterday. custodians are working to sanitize common areas. 8:a 3. as we speak a broken watter main in oakland is still being worked on. it's affecting customers and the morning commute. the work is happening on macarthur boulevard near grandavenue. noelle walker is there to tell is be what happened. >> reporter: dave, there is a lot of actioning if on right here. they are try toll clear out -- they are trying to clear out net net-- clear out any asphalt. theying packing in the fill, to

fill in that hole right now. it document some time to find of -- it took some time to do this. there were 11 customers without watt for the better part of the morning. when i say 11 customers, i don't mean 11 people or 1100 single family homes. most those customers are hol unites -- units. more people than -- they have water to if if. it. now they are in the stages of

clearing away the cool and that -- away from the koo. there was a -- dash one plan says we can expect this. some of the pipelines in the city up top 1 huch years old. i don't know how old them one subpoena -- 100 years old. i don't know how old any of them are. whack to you. >> thank you. we now know know who killed a sodoor. a tock colgy report says she dwror dosed on from are s -- dan da a toxicology report says a teenager tied from the drug

hgs drug. . 8:06 staffing today, google is making a slight change to bun of the perks. it will benefit many for other father mother to -- now google says it will have the buses use the church parking lot instead of the treat to eliminate the congestion. sal's opinion watching congestion through the moving. how is our commute right now? >> things are doing well. if you are drive oning on the. -- if you are driving on the

880 iting looks prty food but you can he some so travel hereped ep-- if you are driving to the bay bridge toll plaza. we can kind of see it there. it's a little crowded. but it's a stalled vehicle there. but some of the weather is getting low. here's steve. thank you, sal. very good morning. there's the fog. there's a few pockets of sun around. it doesn't look like -- this system, not much, 1. it still held together. .25 up to mendocino county and about an you a a you -- kind of

a gray day. tomorrow we'll have morning fog. it will be sunny and then normal. the 40s and 50s on the terp -- on the temperatures. >> mostly cloudy in the morning and then sun as we get slow clearing but we have to deal with a lot of fug for a while. upper 50s. it will be cool. there's plenty of low clouds tonight. 50s and low 60s for everybody. north to south. west to east as well. now, tonight and tomorrow we'll probably be dealing with a

little fortunate. mit loomny is sell peeing had -- mitt romney is celebrating. >> i stand ready to lead this morning and our nation. >> whatom mom romney say. -- see what mitt romney has to say.

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a lot of low clouds and fog. most of this is going through here. you can see a few breaks off in the distance. this is -- well, out towards bay point, looking towards pug pittsburg and -- towards pittsburg and antioch. here's tori. >> thank you, steve. we're now learning that california lieutenant-governor gavin newsom donated $500 to steven colbert's super pac. yesterday, his pac reported to the federal election commission that it has raised more than a million dollars. newsom says he supports him for exposing the absurdity of our current financial system. the republican race for the white house now turns to nvd -- nevada and maine.

alison burns reports, mitt romney's pig win in florida gives him a big advantage as they go forward. alison? >> reporter: dave, mitt romney is taking a victory lap on morning tv. he's said in several interviews this morning that he is feeling good about his chances to take the gone nomination. his win in florida was decisive. he didn't churred 46 -- captured 46% of the vote. newt gingrich finished second with nearly 32%. gingrich is i have you -- gin dwrich is vowing to stay in the race. -- gingrich is vowing to stay in the race. >> i welcome the fact we'll be battling against the attacks that will come. >> reporter: romney is already -- here is the mailer being sent out. as for the rest of the field, rick santorum is trying to position himself as the best

conservative alternative to romney while ron paul is hoping his strong organization in nevada will give him new momentum. reporting live from washington, d.c., alison burns, ktvu channel 2 news. >> all right. now, ken prich chet will be in the if -- -- new, ken pritchett will be in nevada. we'll bring you live coverage. happening right now, president obama is about to outline a plan to allow all homeowners to refinance their mortgages at all -- even if they are under water. let's listen m. >> it can help those who have acted responsible. what this plan will do is help millions of spopsible -- millions of responsible --

millions of homeowners short. if they make their payments on time. this plan changes that. you will be able to refinance at a lower rate. you will be able to save hundreds of dollars a month that you can put back in your pocket or you can choose those savings to rebuild equity in your homes which will help most underwater homeowners come back up for air more quickly. now, to move this part of my plan, we're gonna need congress to act. her gone need congress to act. [ laughter ] >> i hear some -- >> murmuring in the audience here. [ laughter ] >> we need them to act. but we're not just to that wait for congress. we're gonna keep -- >> we're listening live to president obama speaking in

falls church, virginia. again, qlowt lining a plan that he has that would allow millions of home openers to refinance even if they are under water and he wants congress to did along with it. he will run into some opposition. but this is what he talked about in his state of the union address. he's further elaborating now. we'll bring you more detail later in the day. 8:17. a report out today claims supposedly friendly after gan soldiers -- afghan sold yers attacked troops. 70 tab dashp 0 -- 70 coalition soldiers were killed 110 were found dead. the number one reason for the attacks was personal and not terror-related but the second most common was insurgents posing as friendly after ban

soldiers. some tap tarn dash they are -- after -- as friendly afghan soldiers. the group is dmetting ready to go to the -- getting ready to go to the province in afghanistan. 8:17. well, iran dominated a senate intelligence committee hearing on worldwide threats. the head of the national intelligence says iran's plot to out the leader just shows this is still around. this year will be critical for convincing iran from developing a nuclear weapon.

a plant low kateed north -- located just north of san francisco, is where the company is located. 8:18. richmond police are asking for people to come forward who may have witnessed a brutal attack on an 81-year-old woman. the injured woman was found behind a pile of -- pile of tires at the big ole tires in san pack plea early saturday moorning. police say she was sex uchly assaulted and -- in -- in san tab blow. early saturday morning. police say she was sexually assaulted. a video showed officer john hargraves covering his name plate during an occupy protest on november 2nd.

hargraves said he hid his name to protect himself and his family from protesters who had threatened other officers. the judge ruled that he violated the code approved conduct stun cards -- standards for oakland police. the judge is deciding whether to hold the officer in confirm -- in contempt. the school districts of novato and san rafael, they are bracing themselves for budget cuts. >> officials met in separate forums yesterday presenting their worst-case scenario budgets. the majority of marin county school districts get their funding from local property taxes. the aquatic senter is closing its doors in just a couple of weeks. according to "the press

democrat" they voted yesterday to close the pool on february 15th because of a budget deficit. now the fate of the aquatic center is in the hands of voters. next month, fort bragg residents will vote on a sales tax hike that could reopen the swim center. 8:20. there are at least two online campaigns to improve working conditions at the . if where the products are made. they've already gathered 153,000 signs and asks apple to shine a spotlight on the chinese working conditions. and to make them public. 8:21. there is a new plan to save cal crane and you may have to -- caltrain and you may have to pay for it whether you ride the trains or not. so, this is delicious

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in service. right now, 86 trains transport about 45,000 people to work every day. but the system costs $100 million a year to operate and caltrain has no dedicated funding source. bun group is proposing a sales tax increase but reaction to that idea is mixed. >> probably vote against it. >> why? >> why? >> caltrain already cost enough. >> why not? >> it's all worth it. >> we need to keep caltrain. >> right now, the tax proposal would only affect san mateo county but could expand to san francisco and santa clara. caltrain says it has other options to consider first. all right, tori. 8:25. well, sal is watching all of your commute options this morning. how is it looking? >> well, dave, we haven't heard any delays on caltrain for sure. that's one thing and let's take a look at 880 northbound. this is the typical slowdown that we see on 880 heading up

to hyde street and it usually gets this way after about 8:15 or so and this morning is no different. at the bay bridge toll plaza, we can kind of see it, the it's about a 20-minute delay. san mateo bridge might be a little better for you as you head out to the high rise. let's go to steve. thank you, sal. mostly cloudy out there. a few sunbreaks properly clearing north to south but low clouds, fog. most of that looks to be winding down. but still we have a cloudy morning and a partly sunny afternoon. this system did leave a couple .100. 40s to right at 50 or 51. concord is one of the few that had a little sun there. there are a couple of sun breaks. we'll get get some higher clouds out of it. a cloudy morning and then some sun after that fog and drizzle. cool temperatures. the extended outlook is okay,

okay to good. i mean, tomorrow will be better -- better. there will be a lot of high clouds. the next sign of anything that looks good for rain will be around tuesday. 8:26. an incredible rescue on the ski slopes. you have to see this. a little boy dangling from a ski lift. 25 feet above the ground. we may get a sense pretty soon on just how much wall street really likes football.

welcome back to "mornings on 2." it is wednesday, february 1st already. >> we made it already. >> yeah. >> wednesday in the middle of the week. and steve paulson is right over there. how is february feeling? >> a lot like january. >> yeah. >> not much rain so far. we still have a ways to did. early signs are not much. we had drizzle. heavier amounts are to the north. but our system gave us a lot of low clouds and it will give us a mostly cloudy day. temperatures will be in the upper 50s and low 60s. let's get back to the news with dave and tori of the. >> all right, steve. thank you. our time is 8:30. all eyesen facebook. the company -- all eyes on facebook. the company is expected to file its public offering. christien kafton is live in menlo park and you -- you just government an official statement from facebook? all right. what did they say? >> reporter: this is the statement in its entirety. we're not participating in speculation about an ipo.

so we may have to wait longer to find out exactly how wall street likes facebook and find out whether facebook will be filing that paperwork for their initial public offering today. there are reports that facebook will file the paperwork for that public stock offering. analysts say $10 billion and more could increase -- could be contributed to increasing facebook evalue -- facebook's value. investors say when the stock is available to all they will add it to the portfolio. >> facebook looks like it will last. i don't know the amount of money i would put into it or how long i would stay but it

looks like a strong investment. >> reporter: some people will benefit if facebook does go public is facebook workers with stock options. they could start cashing in those options within the next year and a half and that could mean a major boost to the real estate market and car market in silly -- in the silicon value. market watchers estimate the stock price would be somewhere in the $35 to $40 range for investors. christien kafton, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you. san francisco sheriff ross mirkarimi is not giving up his effort to see his wife and son. he will return to court on friday to try to fet a judge to lift the -- to try to get a judge to lift the stay away order. a judge imposed the order on january 13th. that was the day he was

arrested on domestic violence chargeles. it's currently in effect -- charges. it's currently in effect until the end -- until the end of his trial. >> the city of pleasanton and the police union have agreed on a new pension deal. officers will pay their share of retirement costs. the city has been working to reel in skyrocketing benefit costs. the two-year deal should save pleasanton nearly $2.5 million. he spent 18 years in prison after being wrongfully convicted of a double murder in san francisco. now, 41-year-old carmik conley is suing the city. he was released from custody after a judge learned authorities had paid the prosecution's thousands of dollars -- had paid the prosecution's star witness thousands of dollars. 8:33. official layoff notices go out today for dozens of oakland city employees. by a vote of 6-1, there was one

extension that says the oakland city council voted to -- voted to eliminate 100 jobs, 8 of which are -- 81 of which are filled. the room's packed protesting these cuts. the city slashed $28 million from the budget trying to offset the losses in state redevelopment money. >> eliminating that position for economic development, somebody who goes and shows people industrial space or whatever. that's what's killing us. those are the kind of positions that was fund. >> we don't have the luxury of peaking angry because there's so much at stake. so what we need to do is be extremely professional on both sides. >> now, the city had sent out thousands of layoff notices earlier this month. most of them will be rescinded. lay the off -- laid off employees will get two weeks' notice. sheer a look at some air -- at

some of the areas that will can be -- that will be -- some of the areas that will be cut. jobs will merge. the city will sell a former fire station for the extra cash. there won't be any cuts to popular programs like ildren's fairyland, the oakland zoo and the 211 information call center. the picture looks better in contra costa county. for the first time 234 five years, the council -- in five years, the county does not plan any budget cuts. the contra costa times reports there may be money left over to rehire laid off deputies and -- and firefighters. they agree to millions of dollars in cuts over pay and benefits. it is 8:35. you could soon have the option to drop out of the pg&e smart meter program. critics say the devices pose a health hazard. coming up in 15 minutes, a

preview of today's utility hearing and how much you will have to pay to diskith your smart -- disconnect your smart meter. in a 6-5 vote, the san francisco board of supervisors gave plim approval for regulation -- preliminary approval for approval that would ban campping, cooking and smoking in harvey milk plaza and jane warner plaza. but supervisors modified part of the legislation that would have banned shopping carts. critics argue that unfairly targeted the homeless. sleeping at the plazas will only be banned between 8:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m. 8:36. new this morning, it's actually sad news in the music world, especially if you are a -- if you were a fan of "soul train." don cornelius died early this morning. it was an apparent suicide. reports from los angeles say he was found dead inside his home

in sherman oaks. police believe he died from a -- from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. he created the tv show "soultrain." it ran until 2006. again, once again, sadly, don cornelius has died. he was 75 years old. it appears to have been a suicide. in other news, an 18-year- old man listed in grave condition this morning after an accident in north berkeley. police say a car crashed into him while he was riding a state board on marin avenue. the skateboarder was not wearing a helmet at the time. the driver of the car did stop after the accident and is cooperating with police. vanes -- investigators still are not sure who was at fault. and then there was this -- in wisconsin at a ski resort, a rescue above the slopes. take a look. a little boy dangling from a ski lift 25 feet above the ground. some good samaritans gathered

underneath him as he was hanging in midair. he did fall safely, though, into the arms of the people below. those good samaritans are being called heroes this morning. >> one lucky little boy. >> wow. want to check in again with sal, see what's happening on the roads. there's some drizzle earlier. is that still causing problems. >> well, it's a little slow out there. the roads are wet for sure. let's take a look at what we have right now. the traffic is moving along relatively well. if you are driving on 24, of course, it will be slow. mo major problem there -- no major problems there. also the morning commute looks good on interstate 880 as you pass the coliseum. northbound slowing as it normally does. but there la -- but there are no crashes. san francisco still has a lot of traffic. let's go to steve.

thank you, sal. a little system came by. most of that looks to be winding down. the fog will be with us. a mostly cloudy morning. there have been a couple of sunbreaks -- sunbreaks. upper 40s, low 50s, kind of cool out there. a little misty, damp. this system, though, just -- it didn't have much. it will continue to move out of the area. high pressure building in. you can see a few includes drifting over us. this system will fall apart up and over the bridge. a clouky morning -- a cloudy morning and then sun. it's a slow process. upper 50s and low 60s. these are below average for this time of year. it looks like things calm down. maybe increasing clouds on saturday. the next good sign of rain looks to be next tuesday. dave and tori. we'll give you an update on the california teacher in jail

this morning. he's accused of a horrible crime involving two dozen students. a major recall involving a huge company and it involves birth control. . >> reporter: we're live in san francisco where an entire high school was shut down because of an outbrake of the flu. we'll talk to one junior. find out what it was like here yesterday when "mornings on 2" continues. !

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. nice ban for u.s. stocks after solid manufacturing data from around the world. it started with positive manufacturing data for china and europe and then was followed by a report that u.s. factories grew in january at the fastest pace in seven months. and i want to take a look at apple stock which started the day at an all-time high. right now it is up 21 cents at 456.69. taking a live look at the big board, the dow is currently up 137. nasdaq is up 27. s&p is up 13. american airlines may cut up to 115,000 jobs or 10% of their work force. reports suggest that the airlines will announce layoffs during a meeting today.

american will reportedly eliminate between 10,000 to 15,000 jobs and freeze pensions. the parent company has been operating under bankruptcy protection since december. it reported a loss of a billion dollars in december alone. let's bring you up to date on some of the other attorneys we're following for you right nowle we're keeping an eye on facebook, the world's largest online social network and the rumors they may file papers today for an initial public offering. now, shares are being focused on as well. if this ipo happen, it could raise about $10 billion which could raise the value of the company to as much as $100 billion. water service now restored to the 300 block of macarthur boulevard in oakland. there was a big water main break out there during the night causing watter to fill the streets and that upset the service for several hours. we're still not clear on what caused the main to break. there were some minor traffic problems but, again, they fixed

it and service is back. in the meantime, a flu outbreak has closed one of san francisco's best-known high schooling. about 140 students became ill at saint ignatius high school. tara moriarty is out there now with the very latest on what's happening now. tara? >> reporter: well, the health department is supposed to be out here some time today and we're not sure if there's more cleaning staff coming to sanitize. but we know that extra crews were brought in to scrub down every door, floor and locker. according to the website at the high school, which is known as s.i., the health department recommended that the school be shut down so the school could do a thorough cleaning. 200 students caught the stomach flu. we talked to one junior who said that students were lined up outside the dean's office getting stick in garbage cans waiting for their notes to get

home. >> it was pretty nasty and then after school and into the even, more and more were getting stick -- stick. >> reporter: and der son's dad could -- anderson's dad coaches boy soccer and said last night's practice was rough. >> i had one guy go to a garbage can and threw up. on the way home, another student threw up. throughout the evening, i received various e-mails about more kids from my team getting stick last night. >> reporter: school administrators are telling students to stay home for three days after vomiting has stopped or until the fever goes away. all sporting events on this campus are canceled for day. we're still waiting to hear word about them. but we do know that classes are

supposed to resume at saint ignatius tomorrow. back to you. >> thank you, tara. people frustrated with smart meters may soon have an out but going back to business the old way will cost you. claudine wong joins us live from the newsroom to explain the reason why. claudine? >> well, tori, the cpu meet something set to get underway in about 14 minutes and they are expected to approve this alternative for customers who just don't want to see those smart meters on their houses or businesses. critics are calling the plan flaw and they want it scrapped. there have been protests and meetings. some say they are inaccurate. others say they pose a health risk. this looks to be the cup's solution. if you don't want one of these meters on your house, this will allow you to opt out. but you will have to pay for the option. these are supposed to eliminate the need for a meter-reader coming to your house to read

the meter. you will have to pay for the meter he reader pack out to your home. there will be lower cost options for low-income customers. there have been revisions to the plan but it looks like this is the final version and friticks are angry about the fee, calling it extortion. how many people will use this remains unclear. according to the mercury news, they've already installed 90% of smart readers. 90% oed to get it -- opted to get these meters delayed you. so do people really dislike these meters enough to pay an he extra $110 -- enough to pay an extra $110 a year? back to you. john chiang says the state will run out of cash by early march if the state doesn't borrow more money and delay some payments. the legislature has to come up

with 3.3 billion or california may have to issue io us or possibly delay tax refunds. it is 8:48. this morning a southern california elementary schoolteacher is behind bars accused of molesting nearly two dozen students. police say mark burnt took lewd photos of the children wearing blindfolds between 2008 and 2010. they were aleampted to the -- alerted to the alleged act by a cvc pharmacy technician who developed the first batch of and a halfs. he's being held on $2.3 million bail. some say an east bay prince went to for -- went too far when she a teacher was accused of sexually assaulting -- a student was accused of sexually assaulting another student, saying he may have accidentally

touched the other boy's groin or thigh. the district dropped the allegation after his family hired a lawyer. the boy now attends another school. 8:49. the united steel workers union says it reached a tentative deal with shell on a new three- year contract for refinery workers nationwide. now the union represents thousands of refinery workers including tesero workers who held this rally last night in martinez. the national agreement averted a strike but the deal has to be ratified by the unions. they are still at the bargaining stable. >> what's this about! >> patient care! >> now, kaiser healthcare workers are back on the job after a one-day strike. thousands statewide walked picket lines yesterday. the labor dispute involves 4,000 mental health and optical

care employees. they are protesting long wait times. some nurses joined in strike for sympathy. two out of three nurses reported for work. ten minutes before 9:00. pfizer is recalling 1 million packets of birth control bills -- pimms because of a packaging error. 14 lots of lo/ovral are affected along with lots of the generic version. pfizer says some had too many active tablets, others had too few and that could raise the risk of unintended pregnancies. pfizer says there's no health risk but you should contact your doctor. it's the season of love for skunks. hundreds of skunks are migrating into the sacramento area to mate.

tee males will -- female skunks will spray to keep the males away but often sometimes the males will spray, too. mitt romney, once again, is being accused of being out of touch. something he said this morning after that big victory in the florida primary. >> you can focus on the rich. that's not my focus. you can focus on the very poor. that's not my focus. my focus is on middle-income americans. >> what mitt romney said and his explanation with that. also, blue skies means bad news in the sierra. [ female announcer ] what would you call an ordinary breakfast pastry

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. it is 8:54. mitt romney is raising eyebrows with some comment esmade this morning about poor people -- comments he made this morning about poor people, this following his big win in the florida primary. >> i'm in this race because i care about americans. i'm not concerned about the very poor. we have a safety net there. if it needs repaired rkd i will do it. i'm not concerned about the very rich, they are doing just fine. i'm concerned about the 99% of americans who right now are struggling. romney beat newt gingrich in the florida primary by 18%. rick santorum came in third. ron paul forth, all of the candidates are now moving on to nevada where the caucuses take place this saturday. here's the republican delegate count so far. romney has 84, gingrich, 27.

paul has 10, santorum has 8 delegates. it's still very early. a candidate needs more than 1100 to secure the nomination. mitt romney will soon be protected by the secret service. reportedly, he's not being given secret service protection because of any specific threat, but really because of the increase in the crowd sizes as the primary season moves along. it's not unusual for the secret service to protect a presidential candidate. herman cain became the first republican candidate with protection from the secret service. stay with us for continuing coverage. on ktvu.com right now you can find the latest election headlines and ken pritchett will be in nevada covering the republican race for the white house, starting this friday ahead of the you can cusses there on saturday -- ahead of the caucuses there on saturday. we'll have live coverage through out our -- lawout our

newscast. and this is video of the first survey of the snow conducted in january. during that survey, just 1/7th of an inch of water content was meshed. the smallest smoepack since the 1930s. researchers are expecting today's survey to provide similar results. they say it's been a very dry winter so far. but the state is still benefiting from all of the snow and rain we had last year. 8:56. sal, the commute should be wide awake by now. it might be taking a nap now, dave. >> actually, we do have traffic here onle 8 -- on 880 that's slowing down. it's kind of mistier than it was. if you are driving on 880, that's it on the right. you can see some slow traffic. bay bridge backed up for about a 15-minute wait and in san francisco, northbound 101, still really thick getting downtown. here's steve. thank you, sir. you touched on it. if you are just leaving now, maybe a little "play misty" for me. mostly cloudy, some fog, a little bit of clearing later

on. night and morning fog. otherwise, mostly sunny into friday. high clouds on saturday. mostly cloudy on sunday. >> thank you, steve. >> you bet. that's our report for this morning. we thank you for trusting ktvu news. we will see you the next time news breaks. >> and join us at noon for the end of an era, a bare institution known for feeding the needy. thank you for joining us.