facebook hopes to raise $5 billion and most share holders will have little say in the operations. >> a tiny percentage of voting shares. the majority is held by the insider at facebook. >> reporter: the filing indicates mark zuckerberg will control 57%. unclear mow much his shares will be worth, he could be worth as much as 25 to $30 billion. he and others will pitch the company to investors. >> to decide what price to offer the shares at and that will depend on the reaction they get on the road show. >> reporter: facebook's revenue grown from $777 in 2009 to 3.7 last year. 12% came from zinga. that is a key source of

revenue. other risks include failing to keep users, any improper disclosure of information. >> reporter: here is a look at the employees leaving the menlo park campus. a few honks today. in the filing, mark zuckerberg included a letter where he pledges to stay true to its roots. maureen naylor, ktvu channel 2 news. more details now on facebook. a majority of revenue is generated from advertisement. it created for 98% of its revenue in 2009. 95% in 2010 and 85% in 2011. the filing mentioned one new

market, china. facebook says users are restricted from accessing it from china but the team is working with policy makers around the world. facebook's move gave a boost to the stocks for singa -- zinca. $11.05 a share. zinga went public in december. facebook is requesting fb for its stock symbol. we asked people on facebook what they think it should be. she wrote it has to be recognizable. she said a row of dollar signs. you can join the conversation on facebook on www.ktvu.com.

sickening 150 students. ktvu's rob roth is live with the outbreak that is to blame for canceling classes. >> reporter: so many students and staff here at st. ignatius college preparatory have come down with the virus school is shut down till monday. >> reporter: crews were busy disinfecting st. ignatius college preparatory. >> all of the places where students will come into contact, tables, chairs, doors, walls, desks. our floors. all those areas will be cleaned. >> reporter: yesterday 150 students called in sick or went home. >> bath rooms smelled. tough situation. after school i am walking by and there is throw up everywhere. >> reporter: the number of infected swelled to 300.

with so many people sick the school decided to shut down for the week. >> it would have been difficult to have school. we could open, we believe we are clean enough to open but we want to ensure, you know, the health of our students. >> reporter: officials say it is not what people might call the flu but most likely the norovirus. 20 schools with students have become ill. >> because it is contagious, if you are around somebody infected with it it is likely you will become infected. >> reporter: officials caution people to wash their hands thoroughly after using the bath room and stay home if you are feeling sick. rob roth, ktvu channel 2 news. tonight we are getting a

look at a video showing occupy protesters inside city hall saturday night. police released the video. it appears to show protesters opening the doors and pouring inside. the video shows protesters grabbing an american flag and lighting it on fire. >> they are intent on causing damages and breaking out windows and assaulting people, our job is to respond. >> when you put people in uniform and -- that is called military tactics. >> today members of occupy said they plan to sue the city for police violence and unlawful detention. oakland made history today, becoming the first city to name a african american woman as fire chief. >> this is not just any department. this is my fire department.

this is the department that serves the city that i call home. that makes it very special. having the opportunity to serve the community i live in is a huge honor for me. >> members of teresa reed's reads family. she lives in oakland but from the san jose fire department. officials named interim oakland police chief howard jordan to load the department permanently. >> some people will be surprised to know i shed a tear of joy, okay, because it has been a very long road. >> he has been with the department for 25 years. he was named interim chief in october and served in that position in 2009. they are grappling with the hayway it handles the occupy

protest and -- with the way it handles the occupy protests. a group is using logos to advocate for medical marijuana. ktvu's robert handa will show us what is lighting up this feud. >> reporter: we are at one of the larger pot clubs in san jose. the fight means a lot to this owner who feels caught in the middle. >> reporter: this san jose medical marijuana was inspired by the owner. he is a former marine and believes it is okay for groups to use logos and symbols connected to veterans for foreign wars. >> i feel that it does help me.

i don't have all of these problems other veterans have. i think that it is a good thing. >> reporter: they received so many complaints. while no longer called the vfw it will not stop using the pow reference. some say that is insulting. >> that is offensive because those guys are the ones who can't speak for themselves. >> not all veterans use pot. whether we need it as a taste or as a medicine, that is besides the point. >> reporter: he says the war over pot is the point. >> we are prisoners as long as it is illegal. >> reporter: the original logo is not protected by copyright so the military says it may

sue. they say they will not stop using the logo till it is legalized. robert handa, ktvu channel 2 news. republican presidential hopeful mitt romney caused a stir with this remark doing an interview today. >> i am in the race because i care about americans. i am not concerned about the poor. we have a safety net there. i am not concerned about the very rich, they are doing fine. i am concerned about the heart of american who is struggling. i will take that message across the nation. >> asked to clarify his remark that he is not concerned about the very poor, he said they have a safety net. >> now, let me say something here. i am fed up with politicians

dividing americans against each other. >> in reno, newt gingrich responded to what mitt romney said. newt gingrich said he is concerned about all the american people. he says he will keep up the fight for the nomination despite a second place showing in florida. nevada holds caucuses on saturday. ktvu's ken pritchett will be there. president obama today asked congress to provide more help to u.s. homeowners. >> it is wrong for anybody to suggest the only option for struggling responsible homeowners is to sit and wait for the housing market to hit bottom. >> the president was referring to a statement by mitt romney that the housing market should hit the bottom before it can recover. in virginia, president obama outlined a plan to allow more

homeowners to refinance. observers say it faces an uphill battle. president obama will return to san francisco on february 16 for a fundraiser. a rally is scheduled. tickets start at $100. the president's last visit was in october. more people in california, 1-5, are registering to vote without a party affiliation. ktvu'sericktvu's eric rasmussen is -- ktvu's eric rasmussen is here now. >> reporter: let's look at contra costa county. 20% with no party affiliation. santa clara 28%. in san francisco, look at this, 30% of voters registered without party affiliation.

>> are you registered? >> reporter: we asked that question to a dozen people. >> democrat. >> republican. >> i am a democrat. >> democrat and republican. >> fight on us. >> reporter: even our poll found what they found. >> independent. [ laughter ] >> reporter: 21% of all california voters are registered with no party affiliation. >> i am ready to do that. >> reporter: why? >> i feel like both of them are not -- not in my interest. >> reporter: while both parties lost some support, democrats hold a advantage with 44% of registered voters to 30%. democrats and republicans insist they can win over those millions of independents.

>> on the social issues, i believe the republicans are nuts. they try to outright each other. 2012 represents a opportunity for republicans to show their alternatives to somewhat the democrats are doing. >> reporter: california's presidential primary is june 5. the republican party has chosen not to allow voters with no affiliation to participation. >> www.ktvu.com has the latest, click on election 2012 on the home pain. pacific gas and electric admits it failed to perform safety testing. they told the public utilities commission that it miss placed 16 pipeline maps and never conducted surveys in those areas. it faces a fine for that lapse. today they said they failed to

check for leaks from fresno to yolo county. customer whose want to occupant out of the smart meter program have a way to do so but at a price. the public utilities commission voted to approve the plan. those who want an analogue meter have to pay $75 aplus $10 a month. -- $75, plus $10 a month. >> despite the claims of customers, pg&e say the meters don't pose a health hazard. the family of a couple killed by their 15-year-old son spoke out today about their loss. >> we could be ordinary and look for someone to blame.

or we could fill the hole. >> authorities delayed the arraignment of the 15-year-old. she has been charged as an adult. prosecutors say both were strangled. police say they are following a new lead in the disappearance of a girl 25 years ago. she vanished as she was riding her bike in 1988. now a convicted killer claims to know where her body is hidden. he told authorities his former partner in crime is responsible for her disappearance and death. he was found dead this month in an apparent suicide. sheriff's investigators say

an overdose of date rape grub ghb killed a 14-year-old girl in santa rosa. other girls became ill and vomited after taking ghb at the sleep over. frenz of a skateboarder who died on sunday are hoping to name a local skate park after him. he died of a head injury he suffered in a skating accident friday. his friends set up a facebook page. police are looking for three men who robbed a game store last night. two clerks in the gamestop store say a man burst into the storlast night. police say two other men took the money and took off. no one was hurt. ground was broken in the

east bay hills for one of the most powerful super communities in the -- computers in the world. the building will crunch the numbers on everything. he says the project is viteful the future of the united states. >> -- vital for the future of the united states. >> the lab will employ 300 people. >> a san jose school district is helping families by offering discount prescription cards. they are offering 75% off the cost of money prescription drugs. keeping a family's cost low helps keep kids in school.

>> coming to school healthy, going home to healthy homes. >> administrators say the partnership is one of several initiatives they are involved in to make sure a school resource for families is available. water managers say the second snow survey isn't much of an improvement. they measured 15 inches of snow with a water content of 3.8 ins. they have seen a fraction of what is usually seize. >> misleading that you are seeing snow -- a lot of snow covered area because that is really the result of -- pretty much, you know, a couple of inches of snow. >> state reservoirs are still full from the snow we received last year.

it was estimated today at 37% of normal. better than the january measure which was 19% of normal. we started off with light sprinkles and drizzle. nuisance showers heading to work or school, might have slowed you down. by mid-afternoon the sun came out, day time highs warmed much outside, partly cloudy skies right now. winds northwest at 18 miles per hour. those winds will be the key to the forecast. these are the highs from today. highs tomorrow will increase because the winds, instead of going this way, will come this way, things start to warm up. highs tomorrow mid-60s. overnight lows tonight on the mild side. patchy fog. overnight lows mild. partly cloudy.

i will tell you what, thursday will feel like april, late march day. really, really nice out there. no issue with fog in the morning. there is activity in the pacific as evidence by the ocean swells we are seeing off shore. heading here. large ocean swells. they are coming underneath here. the jet stream is driving the rain to the north of us. so enjoy it because it is how it is going to be. no rain in the forecast for the second few weeks. today, morning drizzle. high pressure moves in, temperatures warm up. familiar pattern. we saw it happen last week. computer model. 8:00 a.m., that is valley fog. the computer model sees high

pressure building in. gone! high pressure comes in. winds go this way, and fog -- that is where we are. friday as well. nice day. not a lot of cloud cover. sunny. few clouds towards the weekend. five-day forecast -- forecast highs, mid-60s. 64 livermore. five-day forecast, like this. thursday, friday, saturday, sunday, bay area weekend into view. it is dry and nice. >> sure it. >> yeah. we are not looking at rain. >> thank you. it is coming up on bay area news at 7:00 on tv 36. we told you about a possible break in the disappearance of a bay area girl. police would love to talk to the person offering the lead and a legal verdict for one woman that may leave honda open to new lawsuits. join us for these stories and more on bay area news at 7:00

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lawmakers took up the issue of expensive college tex books. students spend anarchal of $1,260 a year. -- text books. students spend an average of $1,260 a year. march joins us now with sports. fun story. >> frank will be envious knowing his love for hockey. we have a big time baseball player, nyjer morgan. he got a chance at his second love today, working out with the san jose sharks. hockey was his number two sport behind baseball and his work out proved fruitful. he will score a goal and let everybody know about it. that is fun there. he talked about choosing between the two sports he loves.

>> i was a kid doing my thing. i played two sports. dual athlete. i had to realize, you know, which one will work out. eventually i had to go to school. i ended up playing baseball in washington. >> mean time, this is a huge day in college football. no games but national signing day. cal and stanford happy. you see some of the players signing today. you never know till they hit the playing field but stanford had the 16th recruiting class for 122000. barry sanders, jr., his father a hall of famer. including josh garnett. noor davis. and cal, hardy nickerson and

michael barton, and freddy tagalos. some of the top recruits headed to the bay area to play college football. that is the sporting life. >> nice to see the local guys. >> nyjer morgan is quite a character. >> thank you. thank you for trusting ktvu, stay with us on www.ktvu.com as we follow the 2012 presidential campaign and all the latest results on our website.

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