a mess in fremont after a water main floods a neighborhood and forces evacuations. one week after hundreds were arrested on the streets of oakland, another occupy protest is about to goat underway. what protestors say they're planning. and a mother in the deaths of her four children is now free. we have new video of her release. mornings on 2 starts now! good morning. welcome to mornings on 2. it's

saturday, february 4th. i'm claudine wong. >> good morning, i'm mike mibach. warming in the daytime, cool in the early morning hours. let's check in with rosemary nor the saturday forecast. >> good morning to you! pleasant weather today. widespread 60s for your afternoon, this morning off to a chilly start, some of us dealing with patchy fog. we'll show you where, show you who may be dealing with 30s at this hour. and we've got rain to talk about, coming up. east bay neighborhood flooded overnight, water gushed out from a main near highway 680 in fremont and allie rasmus is live there this morning, where streets turned into streams. >> reporter: that happened before midnight last night and more than 7 hours later it's still a big mess. this is where this happened, there's still a little bit of water flowing even though they've got the water shut off now. but there's a lot of mud and rocks and dirt, just spread out across the street. it's closed off to traffic this

morning and there are two department of water resources trucks on either end of the street. there, and then over on this end of the street. we just talked to one of the representatives from the department of water resources. he says the plan this morning is to bring assessors out to assess some of the damage. they're the agency in charge of cleaning up this mess, because it was one of their water pipes that flooded this neighborhood. now, this is what is looked like after it happened. waters gushed down waters and sidewalks, turning the street into a river. the pipe that was leaking was 72 inches in diameter and connects to the reservoir. four homes had serious flood damage on the street. the fremont fire department came out to help the residents. 12 people had to be evacuated from their homes. >> woke me up and the water by the side of the patio. so now the water went into my yard, mud and dirt and everything else. >> here's what appears to have been the problem.

we talked to the department of water resources representative here, and also fremont fire officials say it appears that they were to go some regular maintenance work on this water main. the department of water resources was. and one of the caps on that main was not completely tightened back on. so later in the evening, when the water started gushing out of it, and flooded into the neighborhood. now, that pipe where the source of the problem runs between the row of homes you're looking at and interstate 680, which is just on the other side of these homes. water main is no longer flowing. they've got the water shut off, but again there's a big mess to clean up this morning. some homeowners who had to evacuate last night and expected to come back this morning to assess the damage. allie rasmus, ktvu channel 2 news. occupy protestors are calling tonight's march in oakland a militant action. the demonstration starts at 7 p.m. at frank ogawa plaza. the protestors' website discourages peaceful protestors from participating. it was exactly a week ago that a rally led to demonstrators

breaking into city hall. more than 400 people were arrested, and tonight occupiers plan to march from city hall to police headquarters to accuse officers of harassment and abuse. >> we have no control of other people and what they tend to do. we only have control of ourselves. if another person -- venting that's not the right thing to do but i can't lead him to the water and make him drink it. >> planners have actually requested non-peaceful, violent individuals to come out, specifically to commit acts of violence, vandalism, arson. >> police will bring in extra officers. occupiers say their weekend marches about continue indefinitely. residents plan a counter- protest supporting the city and police on monday. ktvu has obtained the pictures of the 12 occupy protestors the judge banned from the plaza. four have been charged with

violent felonies, while the other eight face misdemeanors for the violence last saturday. in overnight news, u.s. park in washington, d.c. raided one of the nation's last remaining occupy camps of dozens of officers placed barricades around a federal park near the white house. occupiers were not technically evicted. officers enforced the ban and removed wood and other supplies arm a statue in the center of the park. federal regulations allow people to protest there 24 hours a day, but they are forbidden to camp or lay down bedding material. there are reports at least three people were arrested for refusing to leave the statue. it now appears there's no link between a shooting in vallejo and one in berkeley. show you video of january 26th, a shooting on shadduck avenue. a few days later 38-year-old dorian walls was killed on rice avenue. the two men were friends at one time but had not been in contact for years and there's no connection between the two

homicides. sonoma county individuals saying this man attempted to kidnap three young girls, allegely grabbed a 10-year-old girl by the arm and tried to force her into a car but she was able to escape. police say he is between 5-8 and feet tall. he has a thin build and speaks with an accent. they say he drove off in a red compact car similar to a ford focus. he is also the suspect in two similar incidents. a fairfield woman convicted in the deaths of her four children is now free. and 2010 she was charged with. involuntary manslaughter after unattended candles started a fatal apartment fire. >> mama is sorry for the mistake she made, but i know my babies are looking down on me and telling me they love me regardless. >> police say james had left her children in the apartment with the candles burning. now that she's free, she wants to visit her children's' gravesite. >> i owe them that because they

deserve to still be here today. but because of my bad judgment call, they're not here today. and i'm a -- can stand here today and admit that. >> the terms of her probation stated she will be living in a recovery home and she will not be allowed around children unless it's supervised. james says she now wants to go back to college. we are now learning that an explosion near marine base that killed one person was caused by a propane gas distribution system. a spokesman says the blast was reported at 9 last night at a military housing area in colville. that's near highway 395, about 30 miles from the actual base. the marines say one person was killed and two others wounded in that explosion. they were airlifted to local hospitals with third-degree burns. overnight the coast guard suspended its search for a missing fisherman whose boat was found capsized in half moon bay. search crews found a boat yesterday morning, they

searched 3800 square nautical miles of water, twice the side of rhode island but did not find any sign of the missing firstermen. san francisco firefighters rescued a man in the waters overnight. he foal in at pier 28 right by the high dive bar. the man managed to hold on to supporting beams until rescue crews got him. firefighters say the victim was checked out after the rescue and appeared to be in good health. tens of thousands of giants fans will flock to at&t park this morning for the team's annual fanfest. the gates open at 10 a.m. and more than 30 players and coaches will attend, signing autographs and participating in question and answer sessions. parking and admission to the fanfest are free. and individual game tickets also go on sale today. well, let's go to rosemary. and the weather is looking pretty good right now. and rosemary, it looks like another good day? >> it is going to be another nice day. of course, the big complaint, when will we see the rain?

outside of that just an enjoyable forecast for your weekend. giving you a view of what is going on around your neighborhood. calm conditions in the forecast outside our door. we do have a northeasterly breeze over fairfield and the wind will be continuing for today. that's going to warm us up once again. we'll be several degrees above the seasonal norm. typically upper 50s, low 60s is what we get for early february. we'll be sitthin upper 60s in some cases. 34 degrees in santa rosa so near freeze this is morning. some of our inland locations. 39 for napa. upper 30s reported near livermore and concord. 40 degrees san jose along the stretch of the peninsula. mountain view and the redwood city reporting 30s and low 40s. 43 out at sfo, 40 at oakland airport. temperatures will be rapidly warming now that the sun is about up. :11 the sunrise but probably already pouring inside your door. and your windows i should say. we've got high clouds overhead. that's really going to be about it. take a look at this satellite radar. easy to see the ridge of high

pressure is strong as it is, continuing to push the storm track north and we just can't get any of that rain. we eventually will. it, loo like system out near the aleutian islands willably us a possibility. monday night, mostly cloudy skies in the forecast, increasing clouds on monday. by the evening hours, a little bit of light rain over the coastline. it sleeps through the overnight hours and then tuesday afternoon into tuesday night it will be with us. by the evening hours it will be shifting east. but most of tuesday looks pretty foggy and we could use it. between now and then, high pressure in place, mostly sunny skies today, temperatures above average, and our air quality is moderate. it will be a nice day, whether you're headed to the coast or maybe to the valleys. we've got some nice weather in store for you. 65 expected santa rosa today. 63 san rafael. 65 in oakland. 63 degrees in san francisco. 64 in hayward. low 60s near antioch as well as concord. into the south bay, even slightly warmer, 66 for you in

san jose. 67 morgan hill. mid-60s in mountain view. 68 degrees in santa cruz. bring along the sun block. we've got plenty of warmth there for the afternoon. 67 expected in los gatos. the extended forecast, again, nice, dry and mild. today, tomorrow, maybe even slightly warmer. overnight lows in the 30s for some of our chillier spots. and then increasing clouds on monday. tuesday the possibility of rain and showers movers into the area, and we're clearing out by wednesday. low 60s in the forecast for your wednesday. for today, it's all about the fans. we'll look at what you can expect out at at&t park for the giant fanfest going on, coming up! people in colorado are digging out this morning following a massive snowstorm there. in some areas, up to 4 feet of snow accumulated closing several major roadways. one driver had to get help. that's where she lost control and crashed into a snowbank. 600 flights were cancelled yesterday due to the whiteout conditions. the storm is expected to taper off but more delays are

expected today. it is caucus day in nevada. and we will tell you where the race for the g.o.p. nominations stands now and look at the long road still ahead. and nursing mothers fed up with facebook, the unusual protest they're planning next week. and a live look outside, 280 in san francisco, highway patrol right now clearing the scene of a fatal accident in daly city. we are getting video from that scene as we speak. time is 7:12. you're watching mornings on 2!

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address, president obama is pushing a new housing program. he wants congress to pass. it would allow americans with underwater mortgages to refinance at a lower rate. but the president admits not everyone will benefit. >> i want to be clear. this plan will not help folks who bought a house they couldn't afford and then walked away from it. it won't help folks who bought multiple houses just to turn around and sell them. >> the speaker came out against the bill this week, saying he does not understand why this plan would work when others have failed. in our election 2012 coverage, the nevada caucuses are taking place today and the polls are predicting the winner. reporter casey steigel is live in las vegas with more. casey. >> reporter: good morning to you. the latest winner according to the polls, mitt romney. we'll see what the day holds. we're coming to you live from the largest caucus site here in clark county, a high school in las vegas. and the doors open in less than an hour at 8:00, and then the

caucus gets underway at 9:00. and end the whole process won't take very long, only 60 to 90 minutes. yesterday, three of the four g.o.p. presidential candidates spent their final hours campaigning around this state with the exception of rick santorum, who is actually in missouri ahead of the primary there on tuesday. mitt romney, the clear front- runner here in nevada, was in the northern part of the silver state while newt gingrich and ron paul focused their events down here in and around vegas, where three-quarters of the state's population resides, by the way. gingrich spent much of yesterday trying to liken mitt romney to president obama, calling him obama lite and again trying to use romney's not caring about the poor people gaff earlier in the week to his advantage. take a listen. >> my goal -- is not to ignore or forget the poor. my goal is to turn the safety

net into a trampoline to allow the poor to rise and be like the rest of us. [cheering] >> despite all of that, the former massachusetts governor is wildly popular here in nevada. remember, he won this state back in 2008, with 51% of the vote. and again, all of the indications point to a very similar outcome today. that's the latest. we're live in las vegas, casey steigel, ktvu channel 2 news. no candidate has won back- to-back states yet so it will be interesting to see if mitt romney can do that! thank you, casey. time is 7:17. let's look at where everything stands right now. we are just ramping up this caucus and primary season. so let's take a look at where everyone stands right now. as you can see, romney with 71. newt gingrich 23 delegates. rick santorum with 13. and ron paul has 3. keep in

mind there are a lot of delegates left to be had to win the republican nomination a candidate needs to have 1144. so we do have a ways to go. but let's look at the map of the country so you can see which states have been had already. romney taking new hampshire and south. and santorum won iowa. nevada their first trip to the west coast. so let's look at what is up for grabs there. nevada, 28 delegates to the winner. mitt romney again is considered a front-runner and wants to increase his lead with those delegates. but a busy month ahead. february 4 through 11, maine caucuses. february 7, colorado, minnesota, missouri. february 28, arizona and michigan. and then march 3, they head on to washington. so we have a lot in front of us is so they're focused on nevada but they're also focusing on the long haul still to go, and we'll follow it all for you. stay with ktvu news for

continuing coverage. coming up at 8:30, ken will be reporting from nevada as voters there make their decision. the susan g. komen funding for planned parenthood is back on and at least one presidential candidate is not happy with the reversal. >> it's unfortunate that public pressure builds to provide money to an organization which is out, and actively is the number-one abortion provider in the country. that's not health care. >> yesterday the breast cancer organization announced that it will not be cutting funds to planned parenthood and it apologized for considering the cut in the first place. the company says it is committed to saving the lives of women and planned parent hood provide services that help make this possible. it is the 10th anniversary of the avon breast cancer walk, and the celebration is starting today to mark the big occasion organizers are hosting an avon walk birthday party at 11 a.m. the event is held at san

francisco's ruby sky nightclub. people who attend can sign up for this year's walk, learn about fund-raising and meet some of the people the money benefits. and facebook is losing a lot of friends, all because of the company's policy on breast- feeding. on monday women all over the world will protest the policy by breast-feeding outside facebook offices. they say the issue is with facebook's photo policy. when women post photos of them breast-feeding their children, facebook flags them as inappropriate. removes them and suspends the users' account. the mothers say this is discrimination because breast- feed something a part of life. this follows a similar protest held at target stores in december. kids in alameda county can have free screenings to dental care today. kids ages 4 to 14 are eligible. more than 80 dental health professionals have volunteered their services for the event from 9 a.m. until 1:00 this afternoon. on monday pleasant hill city councilmembers will

consider dropping their free health insurance program. free people take advantage of that now and according to the contra costa times, having those councilmembers pay 50% of their insurance costs would save the city at least $25,000 a year. officials who decline the health insurance completely could still get $400 a month extra. the proposal would eliminate free coverage for the city clerk and treasurer but they would get a bump in pay. a united nations report shows last year was the deadliest on record for the citizens of afghanistan. the report says the war tilted more than 3,000 civilians. that's an 8% increase from 2010. this was also the fifth straight year the civilian death toll rose. the u.n. attributes most of the deaths on insurgents. iran's revolutionary guard has begun naval exercises near the strait of hormuz, a critical route that iran has threatened to close in retaliation for western sanctions. iran says its warships will conduct maneuvers for a month. iran has made no attempts to

disrupt shipping and the u.s. says it will not stopped to any blockade. it's the route four one fifth of the world's crude oil. tensions increasing between iran and israel. the leader called israel a cancer that needs to be cut out. and the ayatollah warned against any military strikes against iran's nuclear program. that may refer to a comment by leon panetta, who suggested israel may strike iran sometime this spring. israel is concerned iran is trying to develop a nuclear weapon. san francisco and sacramento are two of the city's holding a war protest today. activists including cindy sheehan and daniel else burg will speak at the san francisco event. there are going to be demonstrations in at least 56 cities worldwide, including the countries of england, canada and the u.s. organizers wand western nations to lifted economic sanctions and oil embargoes against iran. a tragic loss for the tech

world as a well-known ceo is killed in a plane crash. plus a teenager is facing charges after allegedly pointing a laider at a helicopter. we'll show you video of the incident, tell the pilot response led to a quick arrest. >> afternoon highs will be reaching into the 60s once again. we'll look at what you can expect for your area.

the national transportation safety board is expected to release a preliminary report next week on a plane crash that killed the chairman of the a major semi-conductor company. 51-year-old steve appleton died yesterday when his single- engine experimental plane went down at the boise airport. he was the head of micron technology, the youngest person ever to become the ceo of a fortune 500 company. a 16-year-old boy was arrested for allegedly pointing a laser at a san diego police helicopter. this is video from the helicopter. you can see the laser beam

pointing directly at the pilot, which authorities say puts his life at risk. the pilot quickly locked in on the image and police were able to pinpoint the boy's exact address within minutes down below. you can see three armed officers rush right to the house and make that arrest. police say this same teenager may be responsible for another laser incident that occurred just last month. time is 7:25. we've had gorgeous days. >> beautiful days! >> mornings start out so cold! rosemary, i can see the temperatures you have now, and it's chilly. >> yes, some of us have near freezing and just above. into the afternoon more of the same. we've got another pleasant day in store, and if you are on your way to at&t park for the big fanfest, there is a look at your forecast. we're sitting in the mid-40s right now in and around san francisco. 54 expected by 10 a.m. so feeling pretty good by 10:00. noontime numbers, 60 degrees, and 63 expected in the

afternoon with a light offshore breeze. dealing with just a little patchy fog in some areas this morning, but it's going to be short-lived. burning offer quickly in the next hour or so. and it's really not that thick. hard to find. 63 san rafael for the afternoon. mid-60s in oakland. 63 expected for san francisco. if you're headed to the city for shopping, 66 in san jose. 65 expected mountain view. 63 degrees in livermore. the extended forecast shows you a slightly warmer day for tomorrow. so nice, dry and mild. when will we see rain? it looks like tuesday, so we're holding on the hope. temperatures will begin to fall on monday with increasing clouds and then tuesday looks to be the coolest day with quickly rebound, clearing out by wednesday. temperatures sitting back into the low 60s. talking about how chilly it is this morning. we'll look at your current conditions coming up in just a bit. abandoned by the side of the road, where police say a grandmother went after leaving an infant near a busy road and

the strangers who stopped to help. >> the clean-up is about to get underway and so is the investigation to determine why a water main flooded this fremont neighborhood.

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underway in morning. good morning. welcome back to mornings on 2. the water came rushing through the neighborhood at about midnight. authorities believe crews working on a water main near 680 did not tighten a cap, and it took hours to get the water to shut off. allie rasmus is live in fremont with the latest. >> reporter: this is near gable now, and the water main that caused this problem runs behind this row of houses you see here. interstate 680 from the other side of the hill. and the water started leaking in the backyard of this house. and apparently the homeowner kicked out the fence to prevent the water from collecting in his backyard. but then you can see the path of water took when it started gushing. it went across the driveway, out into the gutter. you can see it a river of mud and rocks. all the way down the street. this is what it looked and sounded like after it happened. water gushed down sidewalks and driveways, turning the street. >> a virtual river.

the pipe that started leaking was 72 inches in diameter, and it connects to the reservoir. >> there's a large main that services water to santa clara county, running water out at a high rate or capacity. too much for the storm drains to handle. if flooded through backyard, through approximately five houses, to a lower section of homes along row banna, flooding four houses. >> 12 people living in the four homes had to be evacuated. they spent the night with family and friends. fremont fire officials say the department of water resources was doing symptom regular maintenance work on the water main earlier in the evening and it appears one of the caps on the main wasn't completely screwed back on. so later in the evening the water started gushing out of it. that's the preliminary idea of what may have happened here. there's going to be a full investigation into what went wrong. back out here live, you can see the street is closed off to traffic and there's a department of water resources truck on either side of the

closed out section of the street. workers with the department of water resources are here, in charge of the clean-up because it was their water main that had this problem, and they have the street closed off and later this morning some assessors will be out here to get an idea of the damage and talk to some of the homeowners affected. allie rasmus, ktvu channel 2 news. the state has a suspended the license of a contractor connected to a deadly construction accident in milpitas. a trench collapsed last saturday, killing 39-year-old carpenter raul. the contractor did not have workers compensation insurance. meanwhile, cal osha found the company failed to apply for a permit to dig a deep trench. right now two lanes of 280 in daly city are open after a fatal accident. a person was hit and killed before the eastmore exit. the person was standing in the highway when they were killed. they're not releasing any more

details about the crash. so far no word on when the rest of the lanes are going to open. it was a violent night in oakland with six people injured in three shootings. the halt wall street just before 11 p.m. on international boulevard near 45th avenue. police say four people were shot. this is video of those people being brought to highland hospital. one person who was more severely injured was transported to eden medical center. so far there's no word on their conditions. one man we spoke to says oakland has become a war zone. >> i came from palestine, so this is things happen to us before and we've been -- israeli gunshots and we used to these things some we're here now. >> earlier last night a man in his 20s was found with several gunshot wounds also along international boulevard. before that, police investigated a shooting on macarthur and hyde streets where a van was hit at least one person inside the van was injured. coming up in just about 10 minutes, oakland's new police

chief is in the building, we will get his thoughts on the recent violence and occupy protests. a live interview with chief howard jordan, in just 10 minutes. imb reports the city of san jose has too many police officers and firefighters. the mercury news reports mayor chuck reed ordered the ibm analysis. it states since 1980 the city could eliminate 400 police jobs and save up to $60 million. but police and fire question the motives, saying the company wants the city to cut jobs while buying their computers to predict better crimes and fires will occur. the city council is going to consider that report next wednesday. san francisco sheriff ross mirkarimi returns to court on wednesday for an expedited hearing on whether he is can see his two-year-old son. a family court judge denied his request for immediate visitation rights. the sheriff could not have any contact with his wife and son due to three misdemeanor domestic violence charges against him. mirkarimi was visibly upset

after the court hearing. >> i miss my son terribly and he misses me. >> right now we have a little boy who has no idea where his daddy is. >> mirkarimi's wife attended the hearing and supports visitation rights. she refuses to cooperate with investigators and insists he did not abuse her. attorneys for the los angeles dodgers have asked a bankruptcy judge to disallow claims against the team filed by lawyers for bryan stow. two men have been charge with beating stowe outside dodger stadium last march. the giants fan and his family filed suit against the dodgers last year. they claim by reducing security in 2008 the dodgers created an environment that allowed the attack to happen. the dodgers owners have since filed for bankruptcy protection. copper thieves strike again in the bay area, digging around the benicia state park for the past eight months. they're going after abandoned underground at&t cables,

damagened to the state park estimated at $30,000. there are holes six feet deep and four feet wide. in recent months thieves have targeted copper wiring a belonging to pg&e, bart and even public schools. this morning a 54-year-old woman is in jail after leaving her grandson on the side of a road. yesterday police in sacramento arrested her on charges every child endangment and public intoxication. she left her infant grandson in his car seat on the side of of a road while she went to a motel. people spotted the baby about cared for him until police arrived. >> it's one thing to see something and call it in and go about your business. but obviously the circumstances warranted several of them staying put. so god bless them for doing that. >> police say an open bottle of brandy was found in the car seat under the baby. they say the area where the baby was found is known for drugs and prostitution, but it's not known why she was at the motel. no word on who is now caring

for the infant. later today a memorial barbeque is being held for an 18-year-old skated boarder taken off life support early this week. family members say tyler demar tinney was skateboard he when he was hit by a car monday night. he suffered a major head injury and when he never regained consciousness he was taken off life support on wednesday. police say he was not wearing a helmet when the accident occurred. the barbeque is being held at 2 p.m. at the berk hawaii skate park. walnut creek police are cracking down on nightlife and even more action is expected after a series of recent fights. this is the exclusive video we obtained of a fight in the elevateddor of a parking garage early last sunday morning. this was just one of three fights that erupted last weekend in total nine people were arrested and one man severely beaten. >> later times and you get enough people together and they have the conflicting issues, and they're going to butt- heads. >> the city is now considering an ordinance to gain more control of the bars and

restaurants. on monday the business community is planning on holing a news conference to outline its plan to keep the city safe. in the meantime, police plan on increasing their presence on the streets, especially during closing time. an event held underwater homeowners and first-time home buyers continues at the cow palace this morning. the so-called american dream tour offers free on-site mortgage modification to homeowners. lenders will also there to approve mortgage applications for new home buyers the free event started yesterday and runs through monday. 8 a.m. through 8-point. good morning to you! fair skies, a little bit of haze, little bit of pappy fog over the estuary this morning. temperatures cool, very similar to yesterday. and when we get into the afternoon, we'll feel a lot like yesterday as well. so the same old, same old expected for your weekend. current temperatures now 34 at santa rosa.

30s concord, livermore, inland areas chilly once again this morning. but we are rebounding now that the sun sup. could be a little bit warmer as we head into the 10:00 hour. we'll show you those numbers coming up in just a while. let's talk about oakland now, 40 degrees. 42 in hayward. 42 mountain view and san jose about 40. we do have just a light offshore breeze in some cases, most of us waking up with come conditions. sad light radar, true high clouds in the forecast for today. that's really going to be about it. our air quality will be moderate, a little haze there in our picture, little earlier so you may be a little concerned about that. we've got high pressure in place and it's easy to see that the storm track is well to the north of us, leaving the bay area dry. as well as sunday. take a look the what we do expect. partly to mostly sunny skies. high clouds in the forecast 6789 temperatures from 5 to 10 degrees above the seasonal norm for this time of year. by next week, we are tracking a little bit of rain. more clouds in the forecast by monday, and then monday night into tuesday night is when we

expect to be wet. forecasted highs for today, another nice one. mid-60s in sonoma, 65 santa. 63 expected for richmond. walnut creek 64. 63 in concord. 63 danville. 64 hayward. 65 in oakland. widespread 60s for the south bay as well. 66 in san jose, mid-60s santa clara, and the peninsula good- looking day for you, 64 san mateo, 63 degrees the city. if you're headed to the sierra it's going to be dry if sunny, and we've got them making snow it's so coiled in the overnight hours! lows sinking down into about 10, 12 degrees. 12 degrees at this hour in lake tahoe. mid-40s expected for the afternoon. your extended forecast here, still a good-looking forecast. into the weekend, dry and mild. at least good-looking if you want to be outdoors spending time. increasing clouds monday. we do begin to cool on monday as well. tuesday rain and showers in the

forecast there. and then we clear out by wednesday. i'm going to pinpoint that storm with our long range models coming up in just a bit. oakland's new top cop joins us live next to talk about a recent surge in crime and how he plans to handle tonight's occupy protests. if getting stuck in more traffic is good for the economy. how busy bay area bridges are connected to bay area jobs. and let's take you out live, we want to check traffic on the bay bridge. we'll do that -- right now. there it is! there is the toll plaza. sun is shining. traffic it moving well. you're watching mornings on 2.

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good morning to you! live look from san francisco there. you see a little haze, a few high clouds, and if you're out the door early this morning, bring along a like jacket. he's a 23-year veteran of the oakland police force and this week howard jordan was named chief of the department, at a critical time for the city. good morning, chief. >> good morning, mike. >> get right to t occupy oakland, how are you going to control this movement, moving forward, specifically tonight? some of these protestors are coming out on this website saying they're calling for militant action, they're asking peaceful protestors to stay home tonight. what is the plan going forward? >> well, we have assigned a number of officers, called in some of our off-duty officers, and we expect to have people here to address any type of crowd control, crowd management issues. this is no different from the other saturday nights when they have marched down to our police station. we expect that the crowd will

be there. we're going to give them every opportunity to exercise their first amendment rights and freedom of speech. however, we're not going to tolerate any acts of vandalism, any acts of violence, any acts of violence towards the community or our police department. >> some of these protestors have claimed that officers have been abusive during some of these riots and protests in the past. tonight when you're downtown at headquarters, what do you tell your officers? to restrain themselves or do you tell them to turn it up a notch and face aggressions with aggression? >> no, we tell our officers that we will react to what the crowd or how the crowd reacts. we don't go out there and purposely try to do anything differently. if the crowd is being peaceful, i expect my officers to facilitate marches and allow people to exercise their first amendment rights. if they decide to act differently, aggressively or disobey the law, break the law, i expect my officers to act appropriately. >> how is the impact that

occupy oakland is having on the rested of the department and their patrolling every city streets? i know recently just this morning on mornings on 2 we talked about four people being shot, three overnight shootings. is iting having an impact on your officers and what they're supposed to be doing in east oakland, all over the other parts of the city? >> yes, this has been a tremendous strain on our organization. obviously with the limited resources that we have, there are so many other things that are happening at oakland that i would like to deploy my officers in a more strategic manner. but this does impact the way that we do our business. we have asked for help from the federal government, as well as our state and local partners, and we have received that help. but every time we ask for help it's also a drain on their limited resources so this has become a very taxing event for us. but our officers will show up, they're going to do this their jobs, and our job is to maintain law and order, preserve life and proper. and we'll continue to do that.

>> we know chief batts took off not so great terms with mayor quan. what is your relationship with the mayor, and will she have a role in how you do your job as the top cop in the city? >> i have a good relationship with the mayor. we have known each other for about 20 years, and i'm not going to comment about chief batts' relationship with the mayor. the mayor is the ceo of the city. and she gets to be involved in all aspects of city government. that not just police but public works, fire, everything else, because really at the end of the day the buck stops with her. and i'm just one of the 19 or so department heads that work for the city of oakland. >> don't you have to fight for your fellow officers? i know the buck stops with her, but you're the head of the police department as well. >> yes, in terms of day to day operations, i intend to put forward my best effort in terms of making sure our officers have the proper resources, the things necessary. that is the job the police chief and the person that

really is involved in a lot of the stuff for me is -- santana, the city of administrator and we have a very good work relationship. she's very supportive of the police, but they have other issues as well to deal with. the city dealing with some serious financial issues, and we have to make sure the city has proper resources to police the city. >> chief jordan, thank you for coming in on mornings on 2. best of luck to you? thank you. a federal jury is rejecting a discrimination lawsuit against the san jose police department. former lieutenant claims the department repeatedly overlooked him for promotions because he's african-american. the city says the promotions were decide based on manager the. yesterday the jury found in the city satisfies favor. governor brown signed a bill giving the state more flexibility in the event of a possible budget crunch this spring. the bill will allow the state

to borrow from existing government funds. comptroller john chung could take up to $865 million from various accounts that would buy the state time until it has enough tax revenue on hand. the comptroller says he does not expect to issue iou's or delay tax refunds. republicans in congress have put up a roadblock to california's high-speed rail project. a measure passed by a house committee includes an amendment blocking federal money for the rail system. the vote went along party lines, republicans said yes and democrats opposed it. republicans said the estimated cost so far, $98 billion it just too much. employment numbers are increasing, and the proof acrossing bay area bridges. yesterday the employment statistics were released reporting an increase of 243,000 jobs and transportation officials say that increase is being felt by bay area commuters. for the past six months bridge traffic has been increasing. and in december an extra 75,000 vehicles used the bay bridge

compared to the same time last year. >> we've got more people going to work in san francisco, downtown san francisco. there's more traffic into the silicon valley during the morning commute period. hopeful signs for economic rebound all around the region. >> for the rest of the seven state-owned bridges, traffic grew by more than 195,000 vehicles last year. the metropolitan transportation commission did not say how much additional revenue this is creating, just that drivers should not expect a toll increase any time soon. and in two weeks the upper deck of the bay bridge will be closed for construction. caltrans is already warning drivers with electronic signs the upper deck will be closed all of president day weekend from 8 p.m. on friday, february 17th until 5 a.m. on tuesday, february 21st. the closure will allow crews to build a detour near the toll plaza. the lower deck taking drivers from san francisco to the east bay will remain open.

the u.n. security council is gathering to draft a resolution pressuring syria to stop its crackdown on its citizens. a human rights group says more than 200 civilians have died in the latest uprising. more than 5400 protestors have been killed since the crackdown began nearly a year ago. they have been demanding reforms and a regime change. last night about 30 people gathered outside the syrian embassy in washington to protest government abuses. they were no reports of any problems. however, demonstrators broke into the syrian embassy in berlin yesterday and destroyed furniture and scrolled graffiti. in egypt security forces clashed with protestors in the wake of the deadly soccer riots. at least eight people have died in skirmishes today. demonstrators want an end to military rule and retribution for the 74 people killed during

a stampede after the soccer game. protestors are demanding that egypt ace military leader immediately transfer power to a civilian administration. they did not get the credit they wanted for launching facebook. how the twins could still win big when the company goes public. >> afternoon highs expected to soar well above average today. coming up your afternoon numbers as well as what you can expect outside your door in oakland, coming up. they say that with great power comes great responsibility.

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a great catch and sauce made with french's dijon with chardonnay. then i warm things up with the story of how we met. the real story of how we met. and that's how new friends are made. much of san francisco's remodeled will open today. ktvu took a tour of the shopping and entertainment center yesterday. several new restaurants and stores will going to open today, and more will open in the coming weeks and months. the first ever target store in san francisco will anchor the new area. target opens in october. the twin brothers who lost their claim that facebook was their idea may wind up winning

big anyway. they stand to gain in the initial public offering. when their claim against mark zuckerberg failed, they settled for $45 million worth of non- public stock. so when facebook goes public, their stock could be worth as much as $300 machine. many football fans will get the best view yet of a super bowl retailers have been slashing prices on big screen high-def televisions just before the big game. about 10% of televisions are usually sold in the two weeks before the super bowl. more than 5 million people are expected to buy a new television specifically to watch tomorrow's game between the new england patriots and the new york giants. and the super bowl is being held at lucas oil stadium in indianapolis, and the city has gone all out for the event. here's an aerial view of the jw marion hotel at night. the super bowl xlvi roman numeral and the championship trophy.

about 70,000 people will pack the stadium while 100 million people are expected to watch that game on television, including you? >> i will watch. i would have been more excited to watch if the red and gold were there -- >> of course. >> but i'll watch anyway. it's shaping up to be a very nice day but if you're just getting the up you have to bundle up. >> temperatures sank back into the 30s. inland areas dealing with from 34 to 37 degrees for the north bay locations. east bay 37 reported in concord right now. giving you a live look there, just a little bit of patchy fog, shouldn't cause you any trouble. if you fled football on the highways this morning, air quality is going to be moderate today. 34 to nearly 40 degrees for our valley spots. right around the bay, low 40s, 46 reported in san francisco by 10:00 or some of we're shaping up nicely, 50s in the forecast and then for lunch, maybe pick a place outdoors. low 60s for some of our warmer

spots. we are expecting rain and it's in the forecast. let me run you through the next couple days. by tuesday, it looks like in the overnight hours, rain is moving over us. we'll have it for the tuesday morning driver and then it's out of here by late tuesday night into wednesday. we're drying out right behind it. so there's your extend the forecast. mid to upper 60s in the forecast. for the weekend we're dry, mild, increasing clouds on monday. we begin to cool on monday as well. scattered showers and rain in the forecast for your tuesday. drying out on wednesday. back to you. still to come on mornings on 2, a group linked to anonymous attacks a government website. plus, we'll take you back to fremont, where water gushed for hours into one neighborhood forcing evacuations and making for a very messy morning. sweetheart. we need to talk. i've seen your stunts online. i can explain... jumping a ramp in a shopping cart. so 2005. wait, what? and only 3 likes? honey, it's embarrassing.

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a mess in fremont amp a water main floods a neighborhood and forces some evacuations. >> police in riot gear move into the washington, d.c. karch. what they took from protestors and the arrests made overnight. and it's 8:00 and had means the san francisco giants tickets are now on sale as the black and orange prepare to kick off the 2012 season with its annual fanfest!

good morning. welcome to mornings on 2. it's saturday, february 4th. rain is in the five-day but first we'll enjoy a nice weekend. let's get to meteorologist rosemary and that saturday forecast. >> good morning you to! it's become the same old, same old. we start out with chilly conditions in the morning, a little bit of patchy fog. northeasterly breeze continuing for the afternoon. it's going to be a light one. sunny and mild, and mike mentioned it, we've got rain in the forecast for tuesday. we'll show you that model and what you can expect outside your door this morning as well as the afternoon highs, coming up! the clean-up is underway in the east bay after a neighborhood was flooded overnight. it happened after water gushed out from a main near highway 680 in fremont. and allie rasmus is live with the mistake that left serious damage behind. >> reporter: that water-main break happened before midnight last night, and eight hours later there's still a big mess to clean up. if you look on the street, the pavement is still wet, there's

still huge put us in the middle of the street. some of the homeowners are just getting up and kind of taking a look at some of the damage here. let's show you a closeup look at some of the damage further down the street. there's a river of mud and rocks running through a lot of driveways and seahawks. the gushing water even took out some bushes and trees. four homes had serious flood damage. 12 people in the four homes had to be evacuated and you can see the water line still on the garages of some of those flooded homes. one of those four families came back to their house just about 10 minutes ago, talked to them briefly. they didn't want to be on camera. they are stressed out about what happened last night. but they said the water a so deep that firefighters had to carry them out of their homes so they could evacuate safely. the department of water resources is in charge of the clean-up because it was their pipes that flooded the neighborhood. >> this is what it looked and sound like when it all

happened. water gushed down driveways and sidewalks, turning the vote into a river. the pipe that leaked was 72 inches in diameter. and it connects to the hetch hetchy reservoir and just about the residents here were taken by surprise. >> fire department knock on my door and i did not know what happened. lot of water noise, so i thought it was raining. i didn't know if that was happening. >> so you heard him say that the gushing water was so loud he thought it was a rainstorm that had come through. back out here live, you're looking at some of the department of water resources crewmembers out here, in charge of clean-up. fremont fire officials say the department was doing some maintenance work on that pipeline, located behind this row of houses here. they were doing work on it in the day earlier, it appears one of the workers may have not tighten the screws or caps on

one of those water mains earlier in the evening and that's how the quarter started leaking. that's a preliminary theory but there is an investigation underway to pinpoint what caused all this. and people from the department of water resources will be out here later this morning to assess the damage and talk to the homeowners affected. allie rasmus, ktvu channel 2 news. just about 10 minutes ago, all lanes of southbound 280 in daly city were reopened after a fatal accident there. just after 4:30 this morning the california highway patrol says a person was hit and killed before the eastmore exit. police say the person was standing in the highway when they were hit and killed. they're not releasing any more details about that crash. new information on an explosion near a marine base that killed one person. a spokesman for the marine says the blast was caused by a propane gas distribution system. it was reported at 9:00 last night at a military housing area in colville. that is near highway 395, about

30 mimes from the actual base. the marines say one woman was killed and two others wounded in the explosion. they were airlifted to hospitals with third-degree burns. overtime the coast guard suspended its search for a missing firsterman whose boat was found capsized in half moon bay. search crews found the boat yesterday morning. he called the coast guard thursday and said his father did not usually take night trips on his boat. crews say they searched 3800 square inadequate call miles of water but did not find any sign of the the missing man. overnight u.s. park police in washington, d.c. raided one of the nation's last remaining occupy camps. dozens of officers placed barricades around a federal park near the white house. occupiers were not technically evicted. officers enforced a ban on camping and removed wood and other supplies around a statue in the center of the park. federal regulations allowed people to protest there 24 hours a day, but they are forbidden to camp or lay down bedding material. police say four people were

arrested four disobeying a lawful or order. tonight's march in oakland is called a militant action. the demonstrations start at 7 p.m. the protestors' website discourages peaceful protestors from participating. it was a week ago today that a rally led to demonstrators breaking into city hall. more than 400 people were arrested and tonight occupiers plan to march from city hall to police headquarters to accuse officers of harassment and abuse. >> we have no control of other people and what they tend to do. we only have control of ourselves. and if another person vandalize, that's not the right thing to do but i can't lead him to the water and make him drink it. >> planners have requested non- peaceful, violent individuals to come out, specifically to commit acts of violence, vandalism, arson. >> police say they are going to

bring in extra officers to handle the protest. occupiers say their weekend marches will continue in definitely. manager ktvu has obtain the pictures of the 12 occupy protestors a judge banned from frank ogawa plaza. four have been charged with violent felonies, and the other eight face missed meansors for the violence last saturday. there's no link between a shooting in unincorporated vallejo and one in berkeley. this is video of the scene of the the january 26th shooting on shattuck avenue that killed 35-year-old kenneth warren. a few days later 38-year-old dorian walls was shot and killed on reese avenue. police say the two men were friends at one time. but they had no -- not been in contact future years and say it appears there's no connection between the two homicides. we now have a sketch of the man sheriff deputies say attempted to kidnap three young girls. this sketch was detailed by a

10-year-old girl police say escaped from the man. he offered her a ride before grabbing her arm, she was able to pull herself free and run away. police say the suspect is between 5 had 8 and 6 feet call. he is a thin build and speaks with an accent. he drove off in a red compact car similar to a ford focus. he is also the suspect in two similar incidents. a fairfield woman convicted in deaths of her four children is now free. in 2010, she was charged with involuntary manslaughter after unattended candle started a fatal apartment fire. >> mama is sorry for the mistake she made. but i know my babies are a looking down on me now telling me they love me regardless. >> police say james had left her children in the apartment with the candles burning. now that she is free, she says she wants to visit her children's gravesite. >> i owe them that because they deserve to still be here today but because of my bad judgment call, they're not here today

and i'm a woman about -- can stand her today and admit that. >> the terms of her probation state james will be living in a recovery home and she will not be allowed around children unless it is supervised. james says she now wants to go back to college. new this morning, president obama is pushing a new housing program. he wants congress to pass it. it would allow americans with underwater mortgages to refinance at a lower rate. but in his weekly online address he admits not everyone will benefit. i want to be clear, this plan will not help folks who bought a house they couldn't afford and then walked away from it, or folks who bought multiple houses just to turn around and sell them. >> house speaker john boehner came out against the bill this week saying he doesn't understand why this plan would work when others have failed. once again this morning there's an event at the cow pollas designed on help underwater homeowners and first- time home buyers. the american dream tour offers free mortgage modifications,

lenders are also there. that free event started yesterday and runs through monday, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. tens of thousands of giants france will flock to at&t park this morning for the team's annual fan fested. the gates open at 10 a.m., and just a few minutes ago single game tickets went on sale for the upcoming season. more than 30 players and coaches will attend, signing autographs and participating in question and answer sessions. parking and admission so the fanfest are free. good morning you to! whether you're heading to fanfest or wherever you're on your way to this morning, a bit of a chilly start. a little patchy fog, by the afternoon it's going to be nice and mild once again. we have that offshore brose with us.

take a look at fairfield, san jose, san francisco reporting an easterly southeasterly, northeasterly breeze and any case it's this direction. continuing our current temperatures and into the afternoon, a warm-up. calm conditions in santa rosa, out for an early morning run. you'll be suck, in cold air. 33 degrees right now. 39 in napa. inland east bay areas also sinking into the 30s this morning. 38 livermore, 37 concord. low 40s san jose, right around the bay we're looking at 45 san francisco, 44 at the oakland airport. upper 30s, low 40s this stretch of redwood city. palo alto, redwood city, i already said redwood city, didn't i? satellite and radar, high clouds in the forecast. storm track well to the north of us. and we're not looking a little any rain for your weekend. we'll continue with this mild weather. feels a lot like spring out there. and that's really not going to change. back up show you a system way back out near the aleutian islands, past this one.

way out here. this will bring us a few scattered showers and looks like some steady rain at some ponte tuesday. picking it up monday night, so we get through monday, we're dry. we are mostly cloudy by the evening hours but as which settle flight evening hours and overnight, the rain actually moves in and our tuesday morning drive is going to be a wet one. by tuesday night we are drying out. mostly cloudy skies in the forecast. and then wednesday looks like a really dry once again, temperatures will cool on tuesday and then rebound again on wednesday. for today, mostly sunny skies, temperatures above normal for this time of year. air quality remains moderate. and here's a look at those afternoon highs. 65 expected for oakland. 64 in hayward. 67 morgan hill. 66 san jose. if you're hidalgod to the bay area pet expo that, should be fun, 65 redwood city, 62 along the coast in pacifica. surf is up in. we have high tide in the next 10 minutes or so. and it's a fairly good day for

surfing. extended forecast, mid to upper 60s by sunday, and then increasing clouds monday night. temperatures begin to cool. we're awfully cool on tuesday. 59 degrees expected in the afternoon. back to you. a blast of winter in colorado. how much snow was left behind and that storm begins to move east. and it's caucus day in nevada. the candidate expected to come out on top and the first voting contest in the west.

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rise and shine. good morning to you! mostly sunny skies in the forecast, afternoon highs remain above normal. people in colorado are dig out this morning following a massive snowstorm, in some areas up to 4 feet, closing several major roadways. up with driver had to get help after she lost control and crashed right into a snowbank. about 600 flights were cancelled yesterday at dia, due to the whiteout conditions. the storm is expected to taper off, but more delays are expected today. iran's guard has begun naval exercises near the strait of hormuz. that is a critical gulf oil tanker route that iran has threatened to close in retaliation for tougher western sanctions. they say their warships will conduct maneuvers for a month. the u.s. said it would not

respond to any blockade. the strait services as the route for one fifth of the world's crude oil. tensions increasing between iran and israel. during friday's prayers, iran supreme leader called israel a cancer that needs to be cutout and he warned against any military strikes against iran's nuclear program that. may refer to a comment by leon panetta who suggested israel may strike iran this spring. israel is concerned that iran is trying to develop a nuclear weapon. san francisco and sacramento are two of the cities holding a war protest today. activists including sin zhi sheehan and daniel else burg will speak anthony the events. it starts at noon and there will be demonstrations in at least 56 cities worldwide, including in the countries of england, canada and of course, here in the united states. organizers want western nations to lift economic sanctions and oil embargoes against iran guestedder government website is shut down this morning, a group linked to the hacker

network anonymous has claimed responsibility for the attack. cyber force says it overloaded the website this morning. swedish government confirmed the website experienced problems but declined to give further details in our election 2012 coverage, the nevada caucuses are taking place today. while some polls show mitt romney running the state, newt gingrich is stepping up his attacks. >> governor romney trying to recover from his boo-boo, talk about every possible example of what we don't want in'ed a general election candidate. >> he was criticizing romney for his comment when he said he seasoned concerned about very poor people because they have a safety net. romney admits he wishes he could take that comment become but his other rival says it is too late. >> [audio not understandable]

>> texas congressman ron paul is also competing in the nevada caucuses. polls show him finishing last behind romney, gingrich and santorum. right now rick santorum is campaigning in colorado. you're taking a live look at this event in montross. colorado's republican caucuses are on tuesday. stay with us, coming up at 8:30 we'll have a live report from ktvu's ken pritchett in reno, covering the nevada caucuses. the susan g. komen funding for planned parenthood is back on and at least one presidential candidate is not happy with the reversal. >> it's unfortunately that the public pressure builds to provide money to an organization that goes out and actively is the number-one abortion provider in the country. that's not health care. >> yesterday the breast cancer organization announced that it will not be cutting funds to planned parenthood and apologized for consider the cut in the first place. the company says it's committed to saving the lives of women

and planned parenthood provided services that help make this possible. on monday, pleasant hit city councilmembers will consider dropping their free health insurance program. three people take advantage of that perk now, and according to the times they say 50% every this insurance costs would save the city at least $25,000 a year. officials who declined the health insurance could stillaguamish get an extra $400 a month. the proposal would also eliminate free coverage for the clerk and treasurer, but they get a bump if pay. the u.s. navy has discharged 88 sailors for hazing. a video shows two sailors wrestling on an amphibious assault ship in san diego. one man forces the other to tap out. the victim then reported this incident. the navy determined the first wrestler and onlookers broke the uniform code of justice and dismissed them from the service. but the sailors say the accident was playful, not malicious. >> the kid took it too

seriously, and he couldn't handle wrestling, and now he went and told a fib. >> the victim told the ship doctor he was injured and had passed out. congress is taking up the cause of a south bay marine who committed suicide after getting hazed. 21-year-old marine lance corporal harry lou shot himself last april in afghanistan. fellow marines had beaten him and poured sand in his mouth. now washington lawmakers are calling for the pentagon to crack down on military hazing. a congresswoman leading the campaign was l,'s aunt. a funeral in livermore today for a servicesman who recently returned stateside. he went to high school in brent wool. he deployed in afghanistan from may to november. and he was at the little rock air force base in arkansas when he died in a car crash last week. his girlfriend had a plane ticket to visit him. funeral service will be held at noon at callahan mortuary on

east avenue. an accident involving the new boeing dreamliner, how the worker became trapped under the jet's landing gear. >> mild temps and sunshine for your weekend. we do have wet weather in the extend the forecast. we'll break it down coming up! everyday, an average of 5,000 people

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everett, washington say the plane was being towed yesterday night when the worker was run over. he was transported to a seattle hospital with leg injuries and is said to be in serious condition. boeing says it is going to implement the necessary changes to prevent this from happening again. the national transportation safety board is expected to release a preliminary report next week on a plane crash that killed the chairman of a major semi-conductor company. 51-year-old steve appleton died yesterday when his single- engine experimental plane went down at the airport in boise. witnesses say the aircraft stalled in the air and then came down. >> i saw a big billow, a small billow and then a bigger billow, and it just filled the whole sky. and then down towards the bottom, it was white. white smoke. >> appleton was the head of mikron technology and the youngest person ever to become the ceo of a fortune 500

company. a final ntsb report will be completed in six to 12 months. time is 8:25. and we're talked about rain in the forecast, sun coming today. cold right now. >> little bit of everything! >> all for us in the weather center. >> all in all we're looking pretty good. the weekend is going to be a nice one. it will be a dry one. we realize we could use that rain. we're going to see some rain. let's enjoy what we have getting outdoors this morning, you see the sunshine. you want to hop out. it's a cold one in some spots! 33 in santa rosa. 39 in napa. temperatures very similar to yesterday within a few degrees in most cases. 45 oakland, 42 san jose some bring along the jacket. these afternoon highs looking quite nice. 65% today and 63 at san rafael. low 60s richmond, fairfield, off to the east bay now temperatures sitting in the low to mid-60s. 64 walnut creek. mid-60s in oakland. and heading south for the south bay, mid to upper 60s. 68 for santa cruz for the

afternoon. 65 cupertino. and another gorgeous day on the peninsula as well. 65 redwood city. 64 in 98. low 60s for the city in and throughout the afternoon with mostly sunny skies. warmer future tomorrow, cooler on monday. increasing clouds by monday night. that rain is going to pull in looks like late monday night, in the overnight hours. we wake up with rain and showers tuesday morning. tapers off tuesday night. and we're drying out by wednesday. back to you. there are reports of flash- flooding in eastern texas. reports flooding in eastern texas severe storm rum. across the area around texas a&m university last night. the national weather service even issued tornado and thunderstorm warnings. residents were told to seek shelter immediately. there were some power outages down trees and several homes damaged by hail. the violence in oakland continues can several people hurt in shootings overnight.

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the race for the republican nomination for president heads west. and is caucus day in nevada, where 28 delegates are at stake. and welcome back to mornings on 2. i'm mike mibach. >> i'm claudine wong. we'll have a live report from nevada coming up in about four minutes. but first, we want to take you to some overnight news.

an east bay neighborhood was flood overnight forcing a evacuations. a crew was work on a water main in fremont. the line supplies water to santa clara county. authorities tell us the crew may not have tightened up a cap which allowed massive amounts of water to gush through around midnight. storm drains couldn't handle the overflow causing an area around romanna street to flood. >> woke me up and the water running by the side of the patio. so now the water went into my yard but it is all mud and dirt and everything else. >> it took several hours before crews could stop the water. about 12 people were evacuated as four homes were flooded. water also ran to the backyards of five other houses. this weekend police are increasing their street presence after a series of recent fights in walnut creek. this is a fight in the elevator of a parking garage last sunday morning. this was just one of three fights that took place last

weekend in total nine people were arrested and one man was severely beaten. >> later times and you get enough people together and they have the conflicting issues, and they're going to butt- heads. >> the city is considering an ordinance to more tightly control the bars and restaurants. on monday the business community is planning on holding a news conference outlining its plan to keep the city safe. meantime, police plan on increasing their presence on the streets this weekend, especially near closing time. it was a violent night in oakland with six people injured and three separate shootings. the most recent incident happened before 11 p.m. on international boulevard near 45th avenue. four people were shot. this is video of one of the people being brought to highland hospital. within person who was more severely injured was transported to eden medical center. so far no word on their conditions. one man we spoke to says it remains him of the war zone he left hind. >> i came from palestine so

this happened before and israeli gunshots. we use to these things. >> last night a man in his 20s was found with several gunshot wounds also on international boulevard. before that police investigate a shooting on macarthur where a van was hit multiple times. at least one person inside the van was injured. just about 45 minute ago we spoke live with oakland's new police chief howard jordan. she's the recent occupy protests could be playing a role in the violence. >> this has been a tremendous strain on our organization. obviously with the limited resources we have, there are so many other things that are happening in oakland that i would like to deploy my officers in a more strategic manner. but this does impact the way that we do our business. >> there is another occupy protest tonight and some protestors are calling for militant action. chief jordan says it cops will allow people to express their first amendment rights, but

will not tolerate any violence or vandalism. an ibm report suggests the city of san jose has too many police officers and firefighters. the mercury news reporting mayor reed ordered the ibm analysis. it states with crime falling since 1980, the city could eliminate 400 police jobs and save up to $60 million. police and fire question ibm's metroives, saying the company wants the sit to cut jobs so officials will buy there are computer to better predict where crimes will occur. the city council will consider the report next wednesday. a federal jury is rejecting a discrimination lawsuit against the san jose police department. former lieutenant glen harper claims the department repeatedly overlooked him for promotions because he was african-american. city officials testified that was not true. and the promotions were decided based on merit. yesterday the jury found in the city agrees favor. harper had asked for more than half a million dollars in lost

wages and benefits on top of damages for emotional distress. 28 delegates at stake today in the nevada caucuses. the latest poll suggests another win for mitt romney. ken pritchett is live in reno for us. good morning, ken. >> reporter: good morning. we are outside galena high school, which is one of 15 caucus sites here in reno and surrounding washoe county. it's the nature of the caucus vote that turnout is low, 44,000 people roughly participating 2008 out of a population here in nevada of close to 3 million. in about half an hour, people will start lining up here outside of the high school, one inside they will perhaps at times hotly debate the merits before casting their ballot. we talked to the university of nevada reno about the caucus and who participates. >> it requires a greater commitment from the individual voter. you go down on a saturday morning and you're probably going to be there a couple hours.

there's no early voting. there's no absentee voting. and so it really takes a sense on the ground organization and commitment by the individuals who are showing up. >> the latest poll of likely caucus-goers shows mitt romney with 50% support, twice that of newt gingrich. ron paul who has a considerable ground gain has 15% to rick santorum's 8%. newt gingrich has not revealed his schedule for the day. the rest of the candidates have left the state to campaign in minnesota and colorado, ahead of those states' upcoming contests. mitt romney's lead is so great here in nevada that he has scheduled a return to the state this evening for a victory rally in las vegas last. we could see some surprises here. some believe that ron paul's support if not adequately reflected in those polls and that his fer development supporters if he show up in a

low turnout caucus could provide him a boost and perhaps, perhaps give newt into the a run for his money. ken pritchett, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, ken. stay tuned for more of ken's reports from nevada tonight as those results come in. san francisco sheriff ross mirkarimi returns to court wednesday for an eck pedestrian it's hearing on whether he can see it his two-year-old son. a family court judge yesterday denied mirkarimi's request for a immediate visitation rights. the sheriff cannot have any contact with his wife and son due to three misdemeanor domestic violence charges against him. mirkarimi was visibly upset after the court hearing. >> i miss my son terribly and he misses me. >> right now we have a little boy who has no idea where his daddy is. >> mirkarimi's wife attended the hearing and supports visitation rights. she refuses to cooperate with investigators and insists he did not abuse her.

the state has suspended the license of a contractor connected to a deadly construction accident in milpitas. a trench collapsed last saturday killing 39-year-old carpenter raul. the contractor did not have workers compensation insurance. meanwhile, cal osha found the company failed to apply for permits to dig a deep trench. a memorial barbeque today for an 18-year-old skateboarder taken off life support earlier this week. he was hit by a car monday night. he suffered a major head injury and when he never regained consciousness, he was taken off life support on wednesday. a barbeque is held at 2 p.m. at the berkeley skate park on fifth street. copper thieves strike again. thieves have been digging around the boesch state park for eight months and they're going after abandoned

underground at&t cables. damage to the state park is estimated at $30,000. there are holes six photo deep and four feet white. thieves have recently targeted copper wiring belonging to pg&e, bart and even public schools. employment numbers are on the rise and the proof is apparently on bay area bridges. yesterday the employment statistics were released reporting an increase of 243,000 jobs. and transportation officials say that increase is being felt by bay area commuters. for the past six months, bridge traffic has been increasing. in december, an extra 75,000 vehicles used the bay bridge compared to the same time last year. >> we've got more people going to work perhaps in san francisco downtown san francisco. there's more traffic into the silicon valley during the morning commute period. those are hopeful signs for economic rebound all around the region. >> and for the rest of the bridges, traffic over the past few years has grown by more

than 195,000 vehicles. the metro transportation commission did not say how much it additional revenue this is creating, just that drivers should not expect a toll increase any time soon. in two weeks the upper deck of the by bridged will be closed for construction. caltrans is already warning drivers with electronic sainz the upper deck will be closed all of president's weekend. the closure will allow crews to build a detour near the toll plaza. the lower deck taking drivers from san francisco to the east bay will remain open. good morning to you! high clouds, mild weather in the forecast for your saturday. giving you a live look at the estuary. little haze out there in this morning. checking with the air quality district and we're looking at moderate air quality for today. the story at this hour is the cold. 33 santa rosa. 39 in napa. upper 30s concord, low 30s near

walnut creek. 38 livermore. oakland 40 degrees right now. maybe taking a trip to the farmers market, bring that jacket. 38 redwood city. upper 30s, low 40s near palo alto. mountain view reporting 43 right now. 42 in san jose. offshore winds continue for today. they're going to remain light. little gusty in the hills at it thyme. you have to get up above 1500 feet or so. and it's not very widespread at all. the satellite radar here, you can see it the high clouds here. you can see plenty of energy here in the pacific but notice it continues at northerly trek. ridge of lie pressure right over california, going to keep us high and dry. we have a system that will approach the area by monday night, and it looks like we will have some rain as we wake up tuesday morning. so for the weekend, dry pattern continues. chilly mornings, mild afternoons, and we've got sunshine in the forecast. we've got a temperature decline come monday with increase in the clouds and then rain likely on tuesday. and tuesday will be the coolest day. temperatures sinking back into the upper 50s, low 60s at best

for the afternoon. are you headed to at&t park this morning? into the afternoon? we've got nice mild weather for giants fanfest. 54 by 10:00. noontime numbers 60 and 63 expected at 2:00 in the afternoon. afternoon highs for today, mid- 60s for the north bay. 64 in areas around novato. 64 expected for berkeley and hayward. 63 in the city. and the south bay we've got a nice looking day, 66 san jose. 67 degrees morgan hill. temperatures from five to 10 degrees above normal for early february. the extent the forecast, slightly warmer tomorrow, then we begin the cooldown on monday. tuesday morning we wake up with rain. you'll have it on the morning drive. pinpoint that with the long range models coming up. there's new information on what caused a small leak at a southern california nuclear power plant. what happened to a worker that exposed him to radiation and led to the shutdown of of a nuclear reactor. but first a live look at the traffic on the bay bridge toll

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>> good morning to you! mostly clear skies, calm if cool. people in bosnia dealing with a heavy snowfall in some cases trapping them in homes and cars. so far more than three feet of snow has fall on and officials say at least 30 people spent last night trapped in their cars in a tunnel. many of them were calling local radio stations asking for help when they began running out of fuel. snowplows were sent to free the trapped drivers. the presidents of serbia and croatia are also stuck in bosnia because of the extreme weather. this morning president obama is urging the u.n. security council is draft a resolution to pressure syria to end its crackdown on protestors. a human rights group says more than 200 people have died in

the latest uprising. more than 5400 protestors have been killed since the crackdown dan nearly a year ago. they have been demanding democrat, reforms and the regime change. last night about 30 people gathered outside the syrian embassy in washington to protest. there were no reports of problems there. however, demonstrators have stormed syrian embassy in london and berlin. thousands of people in russia are calling for an end to prime minister vladimir putin's rule. today protestors marched through moscow, challenging his bid for the presidency in march. today's rally brought out more people than at similar events held in december. protestors say they hope their efforts will lead to free elections, democracy and an end to vladimir putin. in egypt security forces clashed with protestors in the wake of the deadly soccer riot.

11 people have now died in today's skirmishes. demonstrators want an end to the rule. protestors are demanding egypt's military leader immediately transfer power to a civilian administration. a united nations report out today shows last year was the deadliest on record for the citizens of afghanistan. the report says the war killed more than 3,000 civilians. 's an 8% increase from 2010. this was also the fifth straight year the civilian death toll rose. the u.n. attributes most of the deaths to insurgents. secretary of state hillary clinton is this germany today asking european leaders join together to defeat tyranny. she's speak at a security conference in germany. she says the u.s. and europe must send a clear and common

message to regimes such as sear's. we have new information this morning about a mishap at a southern california nuclear power plant. a worker was leaning over to retrieve a flash plight when he fell into a reactor pool at the san onofre plant last week. she was wearing a life preserver when he fell into the pool. he received five -- of radiation which isn't considered dangerous. for example, a chest x-ray sends out 4. the worker returned to the job that same day. this morning a 54-year-old woman is in jail after leaving her granison on the side of a road. yesterday police in sacramento arrested the woman on charges of child endangment and public intoxication. they say she left her infant grandson in his car seat on the side of a busy road while she went to a nearby hotel. people spotted the baby and carried for him until police arrived. >> one thing to see something and call it in and go about

your business. but obviously the circumstances warranted several of them staying put. so god bless them for doing that. >> police say an open bottle of brandy was also found in the car seat under the baby. they say the area where the baby was found is known for drugs and prostitution. but it is not known why samuel was at that hotel. no word on who is now caring for the infant. more charges will be filed against a ex-marine accused of killing four homeless men in southern california. police say the man will now be charged in the stabbing deathst of a mother and son who live near him. on thursday police announced a significant evidence tying him to the homicides. he is also facing four counts of murder in the first degree with special circumstances and murder by laying in wait. a second teacher at a los angeles elementary school has been arrested on child sex charges. 49-year-old martin springer was taken into custody four days

after allegations surfaced against the first teacher. it's unclear if the two cases are connected. that first teacher mark berndt is accused of committing lewd acts on 23 children. springer is accused of fondling two girls in his classroom. >> approximately seven years old at the time of the incidents, which were alleged to occurred during the past three years. >> springer is now being held on $2 million became person remains jailed on $23 million bail. a scandal is tarnishing the reputation of a southern california university. kiplinger magazine dropped clairemont college from its list every best liberal arts coverage after admitting an administrator falsely boosted sat scores to the magazine inflated 1of

volunteers will clean up parts of san francisco in celebration of the chinese new year. the community is going to clean up, garden, pick up trash and paint over graffiti at the marina green and in ports every square. there's also entertainment in the square from chinese lion dancers. the big event in the bay area is san francisco's parade and it's just one week away. we of course will carry it live here on ktvu channel 2 next saturday at 6:00. protests against facebook, how breast-feeding mothers say the social networking website is discriminating against them. and what they plan to do about it. >> fabulous weather in the forecast for your weekend. coming up just five minutes we'll look at what you can expect outside your door this morning and take you through saturday and sunday, coming up.

former san jose sharks captain owen nolan is expected to announces his retirement next week. he played for the sharks from 1995 until 2003, and was the captain of the team during ace final five seasons. nearly half of his 422 career goals came as a shark. he has not played in the nhl since the 2009 season with minnesota. great player for the sharks! great day to be outside, especially if you're a giants fan. rosemary, it's fanfest out at at&t park. should be blue skies for them. >> oh, yeah! next hour our so we'll be in

the 50s and then low 60s for the afternoon right there at at&t park. little patchy fog out there, but it is really, really burning off. nothing really to worry with it you're hitting the highways early this morning, sitting in the upper 30s, around parts every our inland areas, 40s around the bay. mostly sunny skies and by noontime, mid-50s to low 60s. i want to show that you rain that i mentioned a moment ago. we're cloudy by monday night, and then looks like we wake up tuesday morning, the morning driver will be wet, slick and then looks like the evening drive as well pulls on out of here by tuesday night. and that's going to be about it. we could really use it. we'll take it! between now and then we've got dry, mild weather in the forecast. cooling down on monday. rain on tuesday. dry on wednesday. back to you. the super bowl kicks off tomorrow at lucas oil stadium in indianapolis. and as you can expect, the city has gone all out for the event. there's the aerial view of the hotel at night with the super bowl xlvi roman numeral plus

the trophy lit up there. about 70,000 people will pack the stadium while 100 million people are expected to watch the game on television. and speaking of televisions, many fans will get the best view yet of a super bowl. retailers have been slashing prices on big screen, high-def tvs. about 10% of televisions are usually sold in the two weeks before the super bowl, and more than 5 million people are actually expected to buy a new television specifically to watch the game between the patriots and the giants. a new york bakery is adding in unusual topping to its cupcakes in honor of tomorrow's big game. the owner of the coca.bakery says no super bowl party is complete we are hur new chicken wing cupcakes. they love the finger food so much she wanted to incorporate it into her baked goods. so she mixed up blue cheese and hot sauce, frosting, baked a cupcake, and topped it all with a chicken wing.

cupcakes are selling quick with most people wanting to try the unusual treats. >> all right. facebook stands on breast- feeding is costing the company some friends. on monday women all over the world will pro fest the policy by breast seeding outside facebook offices, saying their issue is with facebook photo policy. facebook removers breast- feeding pictures. the mothers say this is dim chris name. this follows a similar protest at target stores in december. ktvu mornings on 2 is not over yet. our brand-new third hour is right ahead with these new stories. the hackers who pictured to break no a top secret fbi conference call, and the huge bill faced with mark zuckerberg has that pay as the giant gets ready to go public. and the military response overseas as massive flooding leaves people stranded in their homes.

. you can see and hear the cleanup is just getting started, investigation under way to try and find out what caused a water main leak that flooded this fremont neighborhood. and overnight developments in the search for a missing fisherman off the san mateo

coast. and highway patrol investigates a fatal crash. those stories and much more on the third hour of ktvu mornings on 22. . good morning. welcome back. time now is 9:00. >> good morning, everyone. this is the debut of our new third hour. we will be coming to you from now on, every weekend from 7:00 a.m. until 10:00 a.m. and now with the forecast, we want to move over to rosemary standing by in the weather center, with a look at lots of weather today, changing temperatures. >> yeah, good morning to you. and good morning to you. we will have little change for your saturday. notice changes on sunday, bigger changes coming monday into tuesday. and that amounts to, well, another pleasant day here over the bay area for your saturday. a bit of a chilly start. temperatures sitting in the 30s to low 40s. started the morning with a little bit of patchy fog,

although it's tough to find at this point. afternoon highs, widespread 60s in the forecast. what you can expect outside your door this morning, what to expect this afternoon, and the possibility of some rain in the extended forecast. more on that, coming up. . new this morning, cleanup efforts are under way in fremont after a water main break flooded a neighborhood. it is all due to a possible mistake from water maintenance crew. >> reporter: and claudine, just in the last 5 minutes or so, we've seen department of water resources utility trucks and heavy equipment they just towed in, some sort of john deere equipment they will use to plow away some of the mud that is still in the middle of the street. now, over here to our left, you can see and hear these department of water resources crews with their brooms and shovels, cleaning up some of the dirt and mud caused by this water main leak last night. now, the water main that caused this problem is actually behind this row of houses you see here. and when it started leaking just

before midnight last night, it flooded the backyards of these homes. here at this house, you can see where the fence is broken. that's because the guy who lived here kicked down the fence so the water would stop collecting in his backyard. you can see the path the water took as it went down the driveway, down the sidewalk, and all the way down the street, where it all happened. here's a close-up look at the mess further down the street. the gushing water spread mud everywhere. it took out some bushes and small trees. four homes had serious flood damage. you can see the water line in the garage of some of those homes this morning. 12 people living in those four homes had to be evacuated and spend the night at a hotel. one of the families came back to their home about an hour ago. their kids were still in their pajamas. and the mom told us firefighters had to carry her and her kids out of their home because the water was so deep. now, this is what it looked and sounded like when it happened. a pipe that started leaking last

night was 72 inches in diameter and it connects to the reservoir. the department of water resources is in charge of the cleanup, because it was their pipe that flooded the neighborhood. >> this is like a river. it's like deep, coming out from both sides. >> reporter: crews at the department of water resources have been out here all morning. the agency is in charge of assessing the damage. we saw some of them talking to homeowners who were affected, taking photos among the mess. as for what caused this water main leak, that is still under investigation, but fremont fire officials say yesterday the department of water resources was doing regular maintenance work on that leaking water main and it appears one of the caps on the main wasn't completely tightened back on so that later in the evening, the water started gushing out. right now, you're looking at the cleanup under way. these are cleanup crews with the department of water resources. that agency is the agency in charge of the water main that started leaking here last night. so they are in charge of the cleanup this morning.

live in fremont, ktvu channel 2news. a violent night in oakland after three separate shootings left six people injured. the most recent incident where four people were shot, this is video of those people being transported to highland hospital. one person who was more severely injured was transported to eden medical center. so far, there is no word on their conditions. one man we spoke to says oakland reminds him of the war zone he left behind. >> i came from palestine. these things happen to us before and we have been -- because of israeli gunshots, we're used to this sort of thing. we are here now. >> earlier last night, a man in his twenties was found with several gunshot wounds, little along international boulevard. before that, police investigated a shooting on mcarthur and hind streets, where a van was hit multiple times. at least one person inside that van was injured. overnight, the coastguard suspended its search for a

missing fisherman whose boat was found capsized in half moon bay. crews found the man's body yesterday this morning. they searched 3800 square nautical miles, twice the size of rhode island, but were not able to find any sign of the missing fisherman. san francisco firefighters rescued a man who fell into the frigid bay waters overnight. that happened at pier 28, right by the high dive bar just before 12:30. the man did manage to hold on to the supporting beams until rescue crews got to him. firefighters say the victim was checked out after the rescue and appeared to be in good health. sonoma county sheriff deputies are looking for a man they say attempted to kidnap three young girls. we want to show you a sketch of the person they are looking for. they say this is the man who allegedly grabbed a 10-year-old girl by the arm, then tried to force her into a car, but she was able to escape. police say he is between 5' 8 and 6 feet tall, thin build, and speaks with an accent. they say he drove off in a red compact car, similar to a ford focus. he is also the suspect in two

similar incidents. walnut creek police are cracking down on night life in the city and even more action is expected after a series of recent fights. want to show you exclusive video obtained of a fight in the elevator of a parking garage early last sunday morning. this was one of just three fights that erupted last weekend. in total, nine people were arrested and one man severely beaten. >> you get to the later times and you get enough people together and they have the conflicting issues, and, you know, they are going to butt heads. >> the city is now considering an ordinance to gain more control of bars and restaurants. on monday, the business community is also planning on holding a news conference to outline its plan to keep the city safe. in the meantime, police say they plan on increasing their presence on the street, especially near closing time. well, we are now learning that an explosion near a marine base that killed one person was caused by a propane gas distribution system. a spokesman for the marines say the blast was reported at 9:00 last night at a military housing area in coleville, near highway

395, about 30 miles from the actual base. the marines say one person was killed and two others wounded in the explosion. they were air lifted to local hospitals with third degree burns. well, caucus day has arrived in nevada. while mitt romney is expected to walk away as the winner, rival newt gingrich is stepping up to the attack on the former massachusetts governor. >> it isn't good enough for the republican party to nominate obama light. [ cheers & applause ] >> stay with ktvu. ahead at 9:15, what else gingrich is blasting romney for, as he tries to regain momentum. the online network group anonymous has hacked into a site, causing the site to crash. just yesterday, the fbi announced that hackers had intercepted a cyber crime conference call between american and foreign law enforcement officials.

the 16-minute call largely focused on england's scotland yard, assisting u.s. investigations into recent cyber attacks. . well, new video this morning showing record flooding in queensland, australia. as a result, 17,000 people are stranded. military helicopters are now being used to rescue stranded people and move them to higher ground. and hundreds of others are taking shelter at evacuation centers. record flooding is also being seen in new south wales. good morning to you. a live look at san jose, sitting in the low 40s. calm conditions, just a few high clouds overhead. dry and mild forecast for you here. we want to take you to another part of the country, where they are just buried in snow. we're talking about colorado, pounded by the biggest, most powerful storm of the season so far. this shot here, boulder, where they have received anywhere from 18 to 20 inches. looks like light snow actually falling in boulder this morning.

this system is pushing off to the east, but some of the rocky mountain foothills, reporting 6 feet of snow. meanwhile here, we're making snow in the sierra. take a look at the winds outside our door this morning. we continue with the offshore breeze. 13 miles per hour reported in fairfield. southerly breeze near sfo, and it's a light one as well in san jose. offshore winds continue in and around our neighborhood for today. our temperature's going to soar above average once again. 40 degrees in santa rosa, 47 in napa. we started the morning in the low 30s, right near freezing. areas right around napa, petaluma, 49 concord, 42 livermore, 46 san jose, and warming into the low 50s in some areas around the bay. oakland airport reporting 51 degrees, and our temperatures will hike near 65, perhaps near 70 degrees for some in the afternoon. satellite and radar here, ridge of high pressure in place. just a few high clouds. this, just the tail end of a few systems that are being forced to the north of us and we will continue with high and dry weather for your weekend.

partly to mostly sunny skies. when we do turn partly sunny, it's going to be those high clouds, a little filtered sunshine at times, increasing clouds on monday. tuesday, the rain moves in, looks like the morning drive, as well as the evening commute could be a soggy, slippery one. forecasted highs for the afternoon today, 65 in santa rosa, 63 san rafael, 64 expectedded for today in berkeley. mid-60s oakland. 63 in san francisco. let's head south, where we're looking at nice, mild, even warm weather. 67 in morgan hill for the afternoon. 66 in san jose. 65 expected mountain view. 68 degrees for santa cruz. mostly sunny skies in the sierra, no trouble getting up the hill. partly cloudy, chilly overnight, 10 and 12 degrees, which is good news. they need that kind of weather to make that snow. your extended forecast, looking pretty good for the weekend. finally going to get some rain. looks like monday night into tuesday, staying with us tuesday. we clear out by wednesday. going to update the latest

models and i'll show you the rain coming up in just a bit. >> thanks, rosemary. time now for your live drive time traffic, a live look outside at the golden gate bridge. looking beautiful on this saturday morning. traffic also looking good as well. we'll swing to another camera and give you another live look at the bay bridge. no reports of any major accidents there at the bridge. a reminder to you, the upper deck will be closed president's day weekend. and just about an hour ago, all lanes of southbound 280 in daily city were re-opened after a fatal accident. just after 4:30 this morning, the california highway patrol says a person was hit and killed just before the eastmore exit. police say the person was standing in the highway when they were killed. they are not releasing any more details about that crash. time now is 9:12. president obama's weekly online video address calls for new help for struggling homeowners. the response he's getting from capitol hill. and more than $100,000 of stolen luggage at a california

airport. the inside job police uncovered. and he's set to become one of silicon valley's leading billionaires. the hefty tax bill coming to facebook ceo mark zuckerberg.

. good morning to you. giving you a look there at the bay bridge, no trouble getting over the bridge this morning. calm conditions, mostly clear

skies. new this morning, in his weekly online video address, president obama is pushing a new housing program he wants congress to pass. it would allow americans with underwater mortgages to refinance at a lower rate. but the president admits not everyone will benefit. >> i want to be clear, this plan will not help folks who bought a house they couldn't afford and then walked away from. it won't help folks who bought multiple houses, just to turn around and sell them. >> house speaker john boehner came out against the bill earlier this week, saying he does not understand why this plan would work, when others have failed. and once again this morning, there is an event at the cow palace designed to help underwater homeowners and first time home buyers. the american dream tour offers free onsite mortgage modifications to homeowners. lenders are also there to approve mortgage applications for new home buyers. the free event started yesterday and it runs through monday. the hours are 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. and in our election 2012

coverage, the nevada caucus are taking place today and with some polls showing mitt romney winning the state, rival newt gingrich is stepping up his attacks. >> governor romney trying to recover from his boo boo, talk about every possible example of what we don't want in a general election candidate. >> that was gingrich yesterday, criticizing romney for his comment earlier this week, when he said he is not concerned about, quote, very poor people because they have a safety net. romney admits he now wishes he could take that comment back, but the former massachusetts governor's other gop rival says it is too late. >> i want to belong to a party that focuses on 100% of americans and create opportunity for every single one of them. [ applause ] texas congressman ron paul is also competing in the nevada caucus. polls show him finishing last, behind romney, gingrich, and santorum. so a big day in nevada. we want to give you a look at where everything stands right now. we are just ramping up this caucus and primary season.

so if we take a look at the delegate count now, you can see romney has 71, gingrich 23, rick santorum 13, and ron paul with 3. keep in mind, they need a lot of delegates to win the nomination. the candidate needs 144, so we still have a ways to go. let's take a look at the maps to show you where it stands right now. really just the beginning of the road. romney has taken new hampshire and florida. gingrich -- this is the first west coast test, so what is up for grabs in nevada? 28 delegates there. mitt romney is considered a frontrunner and wants to increase his lead with those delegates. but a busy day, or busy month, i should say, ahead. february 4th, maine, february 7, colorado, minnesota and missouri. february 28th, arizona and michigan. and march 3, over to washington. so candidates certainly focus on nevada today, but they have a very long haul still to go. mike?

>> thanks, claudine. and super tuesday on march 6. lot to look forward to. while in nevada, frontrunner mitt romney commented on the new jobs report showing the country's unemployment rate is now down to 8.3%. >> i hope that continues. we get people back to work. that is the antidote, by the way, to falling home prices, is people going back to work, being able to buy homes. >> romney made the comments yesterday in sparks, nevada. political analysts say if the job market continues to improve, president obama could have an easier chance at reelection. of course stay with ktvu for continuing election 2012 coverage. ken pritchett is in nevada and will file live reports on today's caucus on later editions of ktvu channel 2news. a baggage handler is one of two men arrested for allegedly stealing from people's luggage at los angeles international airport. police say the two men are accused of stealing thousands of dollars of valuables. one of the two works for delta

air lines. the other used to be a baggage handler for the same airline. police say that these arrests are a result of a long-time investigation. passengers are being advised to use inexpensive luggage and keep those valuables on your carry-on. time now, 9:19. in our economy watch this morning, bank of america could be getting ready to sell all of its offices. bloomberg news reports the bank is considering selling property it owns across the country, in an effort to cut costs. b of a would then lease the offices from new owners. bank of america owns or leases 120 million square feet of office space right now. bloomberg reports that includes space in concord. company officials say if the sale does happen, bank headquarters in charlotte, north carolina would be kept. well, facebook's upcoming ipo will mean a big tax bill for ceo mark zuckerberg. the financial times reports zuckerberg will have to pay $1.5 billion in income taxes after facebook shares start trading

later this year. part of zuckerberg's compensation at facebook includes stock options that he received seven years ago. and we're learning more about the pay package for hp ceo meg whitman. she was hired last year on a $1 salary with stock options. new filings show those stock options are worth up to $16.5 million. but whitman will only get to cash in on those options if she's able to lift the company stock prices. hp stock closed yesterday at 28.31. a california company is recalling prepared sandwiches that can cause a fatal infection. those sandwiches are being recalled by michael foods, inc. they contain hard boiled eggs that could be contaminated. the eggs could cause an infection that could be fatal for young children, sick people and the elderly. the recalled products come in a cellophane wrapper and were sold at wal-mart. one of the nation's last remaining occupy camps is raided overnight by police.

we'll show you the outcome. and new speculation surrounding beyonce and a possible gig on a hit reality show. . spring-like weather in the forecast for your weekend. coming up, we'll take a look at what you can expect for your neighborhood.

. people in colorado are digging out this morning following a massive snowstorm. in some areas, up to 44 feet of snow accumulated, closing several major roadways. one driver had to get help after she lost control and crashed right into a snowbank. about 600 flights were canceled yesterday because of those whiteout conditions. the storm is expected to taper off and more delays are expected today. time now is 9:24, and it was really cold when we came in this morning. expected to warm up a bit, and then rain in the forecast later, right? >> yes, temperatures are rebounding. thankfully we have some rain in the extended forecast, but for the weekend, boy, it is just going to be mild.

we've got high clouds, dry conditions. we've got a good-looking saturday expected for you. this morning, temperatures sank into the 30s for our inland areas. some of us, still struggling to get out of the 30s, primarily inland north bay. the rest of us, 40s, even low 50s reported right around the bay. oakland reporting 50, 51 degrees right now. mostly sunny skies and into the next hour, temperatures warming up to the mid-50s. all of us should be catching up by then. and then at noon time, mid-50s to low 60s, with high clouds remaining in the forecast and offshore breeze, air quality will be moderate for today. 65 in oakland. 65 expected redwood city. 63 san francisco. 66 san jose, with abundant sunshine in some cases. high clouds throughout parts of the day as well. i want to fast forward you to that rain. monday night here, i queued up the latest model and looks like it has backed off just a little bit. looks like the rain may hold off until the overnight hours. but by tuesday morning, it's joining us for the morning

drive. hangs around. we are mostly soggy and wet for tuesday. by tuesday afternoon, looks like it's tapering off just a little bit. again, this is a few days out, so it is going to change between now and then. i just want to give you an idea of what you can expect as we head into the first half of your work week. let's enjoy the weekend. mid to upper 60s in the forecast. chilly overnight lows. but into the afternoon, temperatures anywhere from 5 to 10 degrees above normal. back to you. britain's queen elizabeth has begun celebrating her diamond jubilee. that marks her 60th year on the throne. the queen planted an oak tree yesterday at one of her estates. it's one of just 6 million trees that will be planted over 20 acres within the next year as part of the celebration. well, one of the world's biggest pop stars now has a new job offer. to be a judge on the hit fox show, x factor. producer simon cowell has reportedly offered beyonce $100 million a year to become a

full-time judge on the show. it was announced earlier this week that judges paula abdul and nicole her sinker won't be returning for the second season of the x factor. . police raid some of the last remaining occupy camps overnight. the response from protesters to the sudden police action. and san francisco's china town, the upcoming chinese new year parade. and a well known southern california church officially changes hands. the unresolved question still surrounding the crystal cathedral. time now, 9:27. you're watching mornings on 2.

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. welcome back. time now is 9:29, right before 9:30. >> good morning, everyone. in overnight news, u.s. park police in washington, dc raided one of the nation's last remaining occupy camps. dozens of officers placed barricades around a federal park near the white house. occupiers were not technically evicted. officers enforced a ban on camping and removed wood and other supplies around a statue in the center of the park. federal regulations allow people to protest there 24 hours a day, but are forbidden to camp or lay down bedding material. police say four people were arrested for disobeying a lawful order. occupy protesters are calling tonight's march in oakland a militant action.

the demonstration starts at 7:00 p.m. at frank ogawa plaza. a protester's website actually discourages peaceful protesters from participating. it was exactly a week ago that a rally led to demonstrators breaking into city hall. more than 400 people were arrested. and tonight, occupiers plan to march from city hall to police headquarters to accuse officers of harassment and abuse. >> we have no control of other people and what they tend to do. we only have control of ourselves. now, if another person penalized, that's not the best thing to do. >> planners have actually requested non-peaceful, violent individuals to come out to commit acts of arson, violence. >> occupiers say their weekend marches will continue indefinitely.

merchants and residents plan a counter protest, supporting the city and police on monday. ktvu has obtained the 12 pictures of the occupiers banned from frank ogawa plaza. four are charged with violent felonies, eight charged with misdemeanors for the violence last saturday. residents in fremont are returning to their homes after being evacuated overnight. a neighborhood off of 680 was evacuated when streets turned into streams. coming up at 9:45, a live report from the scene. residents survey the damage and we'll tell you about what led to the flooding. the ntsb is expected to release a preliminary report next week on a plane crash that killed the chairman of a major semiconductor company. 51-year-old steve appleton died yesterday when his single-engine experimental plane went down at the airport in boise. witnesses say the aircraft stalled in the air and then came down. >> i saw a big billow, a small

billow, then a bigger billow, and it just filled the whole sky and then down towards the bottom, there was white, white smoke. >> appleton was the head of micron technology. he was the youngest person ever to become the ceo of a fortune 500 company. a final ntsb report will be completed in six to twelve months. boeing is now investigating an accident that trapped a worker under the tires of a 787 jetliner. officials at the airfield in everett, washington say the plane was being towed yesterday night when the worker was run over. he was transported to a seattle hospital with leg injuries and is said to be in serious condition. boeing said it will implement the necessary changes to prevent this from happening again. this morning, a 54-year-old woman is in jail, accused of leaving her grandson on the side of a road. yesterday, police in sacramento arrested kit samuel on charges of child endangerment and public intoxication.

they say she left her infant grandson in his car seat on the side of a busy road while she went to a nearby motel. people spotted the baby and cared for him until police arrived. >> it's one thing to see something and call it in and go about your business, but obviously the circumstances warranted several of them staying put. so god bless them for doing that. >> police say an open bottle of brandy was also found in the car seat, underneath the baby. they say the area where the baby was found is known for drugs and prostitution. it is not known, however, why samuel was at the motel. no word on who is now caring for that infant. a memorial barbecue is being held today for an 18-year-old skateboarder taken off life support early this week. family members say tyler di martini was skating in the berkeley skate park when he was hit by a car. he suffered a major head injury, and when he never regained consciousness, he was taken off life support on wednesday.

the memorial is being held at 2:00 p.m. today. a mishap at a southern california nuclear power plant. a worker was leaning over to retrieve a flashlight when he fell into a reactor pool at the plant last week. he was wearing a life preserver when he fell into the 20-foot deep pool. he received 5 milli rims of radiation, which isn't considered dangerous. a chest, x-ray, sends out 4 milli rims. the worker returned to work the same day. the los angeles dodgers have asked a u.s. bankruptcy judge -- two men have been charged with beating stow outside dodgers stadium last march. the giants fan and his family filed suit against the dodgers last year. they claimed by reducing security in 2008, the dodgers created an environment that allowed that attack to happen. the dodgers owners have since filed for bankruptcy protection. a well-known southern california church has officially a new owner. the roman catholic diocese has

bought the crystal cathedral and the diocese had just beaten the deadline. officials plan to establish a center on the property. the old ministry, led by reverend robert schuller had filed for bankruptcy in 2010. they owed more than $50 million. the diocese will ask parishioners to come up with funds for the building. much of san francisco's remodeled metroon will open today. several new restaurants and stores are going to open today and more will open in the coming weeks and months. the first-ever target store in san francisco will anchor this new metroon. cleaning up san francisco in celebration of the chinese new year. the community clean team will garden, pick up trash, and paint over graffiti at the marine in a green and in chinatown's square. there will also be entertainment at the square from the chinese lion dancers. the big event of the chinese new

year in the bay area is san francisco's parade. it's just one week away. we'll carry it live, right here on ktvu channel 2 next saturday at 6:00. well, tens of thousands of giants fans will flock to at&t park this morning for the team's annual fan fest. those gates open in less than 30 minutes, at 10:00 a.m. more than 30 players and coaches will attend. they will sign autographs and participate in question and answer sessions. parking and admission to the fan fest are free. individual game tickets also go on sale today. former california governor arnold schwarzenegger is in india this weekend. schwarzenegger tweeted this picture of himself yesterday in front of the taj mahal, but he couldn't actually go inside. fridays are the one day of the week monuments are closed in india because of muslim prayers. schwarzenegger is in india for an environmental conference. good morning. gearing up for another fabulous weather day. giving you another look here,

high clouds in the forecast today and for your weekend. that will be about it. we'll remain dry and mild. temperatures several degrees above the seasonal norm. offshore breeze and that will remain as well. northeasterly in fairfield, 13 miles per hour. concord reporting a light offshore breeze, and areas where we're seeing that wind, we are warmer than we were 24 hours ago. san jose, east-southeasterly. concord up by 7 degrees over yesterday morning at this time. fairfield also 5 degrees warmer than where we sat 24 hours ago. low 50s in san francisco. upper 40s in oakland. 49 hayward. even the north bay beginning to warm up. 47 degrees napa, 40 in santa rosa. started in the 30s in santa rosa. we were near freezing earlier this morning. satellite and radar here, high clouds we showed you in our picture a moment ago will be in the forecast with that ridge of high pressure over the state continue pushing the storm track to the north. we'll be dry for the weekend. chilly mornings, mild

afternoons, patchy fog this morning, but most of it it has since dissipated, burned off. we are looking at partly to mostly sunny skies today. rain likely on tuesday. looks like we will begin to cloud up monday night. models suggesting it may be overnight into tuesday morning and then looks like tuesday will be a soggy day, but we welcome it, right? we could use it. between now and then, we've got good looking weather in the forecast for you. 65 in santa rosa today. 64 expected for san rafael. 63 in sausalito. if you want to hang out by the water, 63 in richmond. off to the east bay, temperatures will be mild. 65 in oakland for the afternoon. low 60s for danville, pleasantton. livermore at 63. south bay, san jose, a nice day to be outdoors, 66. 65 for santa clara. 66 sunnyvale. air quality will be moderate for the afternoon. our sun sets right about 5:35 these days. extended forecast there, low 60s in the forecast for san francisco this afternoon. mid to upper 60s, how about that

sunday. dry, mild weather continuing. increasing clouds on monday, a little cooler on monday. and there comes the rain. looks like early, early tuesday morning at this time, we'll continue to track that for you. but we're going to be soggy throughout our tuesday. doesn't last too long. tuesday night, wednesday morning, we're drying out. partly cloudy skies expected for your wednesday afternoon. if you're going to fan fest, at&t park, i'll pinpoint the forecast for you, coming up. 9:39. about half an hour ago, the united nations tried to condemn syrian leader. 13 members of the u.n. security council, including the u.s., voted for resolution urging he step down. however, russia and china vetoed that resolution. the u.n. is holding to pressure syria to stop its crackdown on civilians. a human rights group says more than 200 people have died in the latest uprising. more than 5400 protesters have been killed since the crackdown began nearly a year ago.

they have been demanding democratic reforms and a regime change. also new this morning from russia, thousands of people are taking to the streets, calling for an end to prime minister vladimir putin's rule. earlier today, protesters marched through downtown moscow, challenging putin's bid for presidency in march. despite freezing temperatures, today's event brought out more people than events held in december. protesters hope their efforts will lead to new leadership. in egypt, demonstrators want an end to military rule and retribution for the 74 people killed during a stampede after a soccer game earlier this week. protesters are demanding that egypt's military leader immediately transfer power to a civilian administration. tensions seem to be increasing between iran and israel. during friday prayers, iran supreme leader called israel a cancer that needs to be cut out.

and the ayatollah warned against any military strikes against iran's nuclear program. that may refer to a comment from u.s. defense secretary leon panetta, who suggested israel may strike iran sometime this spring. israel is concerned that iran is trying to develop a nuclear weapon. well, the biggest game of the year is almost here, and the preparations for tomorrow's super bowl. >> but first, he was live right here on ktvu mornings on 2. oakland police chief howard jordan responds to possible violence at an occupy oakland protest scheduled for tonight. . and the cleanup's under way. so is the investigation to figure out why a water main flooded this fremont neighborhood.

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. good morning to you. our dry, warm winter trend continues for your weekend. 60s in the forecast for the afternoon. your time now is 9:45, and let's look at the top stories we are waking up to this saturday morning. nevada caucuses are taking place today, and polls show mitt romney winning that state. newt gingrich is expected to come in second, with rick santorum and ron paul trailing behind. overnight, the coastguard suspended its search for a missing fisherman whose boat was found capsized in half moon bay. the man's boat was found yesterday morning. crews searched 3800 square nautical miles, but didn't find any sign of the missing fisherman. walnut creek police increased their presence when bars begin to close. then on monday, the city's businesses plan to hold a news conference detailing their plan to keep the city safe. the department of water resources is trying to figure out how one of their water pipes flooded a fremont neighborhood

early this morning. ktvu has been live there, talking with homeowners who right now are assessing the damage. >> reporter: we are at gable street in fremont where this happened. the water main that caused the problem is located on the other side of this row of houses. if we turn the camera around, you can see the cleanup is well under way. the workers you see here with their shovels and brooms and that john deere loader in the background, they are all with the california department of water resources. that's the agency in charge of the cleanup, because it was their water main that flooded the neighborhood. now, here is a close-up look at this mess earlier this morning before the cleanup crews got here. four homes are serious flood damage and you can see the water line on the garage of some of those houses. 12 people who lived in those four homes had to be evacuated and stay in a hotel. one resident who returned this morning, told us firefighters had to carry her and her kids out of the house because the

water was so deep. now, this is what it looked and sounded like right after that water leak happened. the pipe that leaked was 72 inches in diameter. it connects to the reservoir. now, some of the evacuated residents came back this morning to check out the damage in their home. >> it's full of mud, you know, couple inches of mud on the ground. it's terrible. >> reporter: now, cleanup crews with the department of water resources have been out here for the past hour or so. the agency also has representatives here, assessing damage, talking to homeowners who are affected. as for what caused this water main leak, that is still under investigation, but one possible cause, according to fremont firefighters, is that a cap on that water pipe wasn't secured tightly enough after crews did some maintenance work on it yesterday afternoon. but again, that is just a theory at this point. the exact cause is under investigation. live in fremont, ktvu channel

2news. well, earlier this morning, we spoke live with oakland's new police chief howard jordan. he says the recent occupy oakland protests are stretching the department's resources thin. >> this has been a tremendous strain on our organization. obviously, with the limited resources that we have, there are so many other things that are happening in oakland that i would like to deploy my officers in a more strategic manner. but this does impact the way that we do our business. there is another occupy protest planned for tonight and some protesters are calling for militant action. chief jordan says police will allow people to express their first amendment rights, but will not tolerate any violence or vandalism. san francisco sheriff ross mirkarimi returns to court wednesday for an expedited hearing on whether he can see his 2-year-old son. family court judge yesterday denied mirkarimi's request for immediate visitation rights. the sheriff cannot have any contact with his wife and son due to the three misdemeanor

domestic violence charges against him. mirkarimi was visibly upset after the court hearing. >> i miss hi son terribly and he misses me. >> right now we have a little boy who has no idea where his daddy is. >> mirkarimi's wife, ileana lopez attended the hearing and supports visitation rights. police say she refuses to cooperate with investigators and insists that her husband did not abuse her. a second teacher at a los angeles elementary school has been arrested on child sex charges. 49-year-old martin springer was taken into custody four days after allegations surfaced against the first teacher. it's unclear if these two cases are connected. the first teacher, mark berndt, is accused of committing lewd acts on 23 children. springer is accused of fondling two girls in his classroom. >> they were approximately 7 years old at the time of the incident, which were alleged to have occurred during the past three years. >> springer is being held on $2

million bail. berndt remains jailed on $23 million bail. officials at miramonte school -- facebook is losing a lot of friends, all because of the company's policy on breast feeding. on monday, women all over the world will protest the policy by breast feeding outside facebook offices. they say the issue is with facebook's photo policy when women post photos of them breast feeding their children, facebook flags them, removes the pictures and spends the user account. the mothers say this is discrimination because breast feeding is a part of life. this follows a similar protest held at target stores in december. federal prosecutors are closing their 2-year long doping investigation on lance armstrong. officials were looking into whether armstrong was part of a doping program along with his teammates. armstrong says he's gratified that no charges will be filed. he maintains he has never used

performance-enhancing drugs. prosecutors did not disclose their reasoning for closing that investigation. super bowl kicks off tomorrow at lucas oil stadium in indianapolis, and as you can expect, the city has gone all out for this event. here's an aerial view of the area, the super bowl xlvi roman numeral. about 70,000 people will pack the stadium, while 100 million people are expected to watch on television. and he won't be playing in the game, however denver broncos tim tebow remains a fan favorite. a new poll shows he could make the switch from pig skin to politics. a reuters online survey finds more than a quarter of those polled would vote tebow for president, followed by giants quarterback eli manning and patriots quarterback and san mateo native tom brady. there are constitutional questions about whether tebow could toss his hat into the ring. his mother is an american missionary who gave birth to him

in the philippines. well, you'll find continuing coverage on super bowl xlvi at ktvu.com. click on the tab on the home page. time now, 9:51. still ahead, the event happening today where children can get dental care at no cost. plus, the reminder from cal trans about the change you will have to make to your bay area commute, later this month.

. time now for your live drive time traffic. we'll give you a look at 237 in milpitas. looks good out there, but we're getting word of an accident in castro vehicle, vehicle versus pedestrian, state road 185 and 166th avenue. the roadway is blocked. chp on scene there. let's move over to the bay bridge. you can see things are moving really well to the toll plaza on this beautiful saturday morning. keep in mind, fan fest with the giants starts in 6 minutes. so it could get a little busy as

people head into the city for that. in two weeks, the upper deck of the bay bridge is going to be closed for construction. cal trans is already warning drivers with electronic signs. the upper deck is going to be closed all of president's day weekend, from 8:00 p.m. friday, february 17th until 5:00 a.m. on tuesday, february 21st. that closure is going to allow crews to build the detour near the toll plaza. the lower deck taking drivers from san francisco to the east bay is going to remain open. employment numbers are increasing and the proof is crossing bay area bridges. yesterday, the employment statistics were released, reporting an increase of 243,000 jobs, and transportation officials say that increase is being felt here by commuters. for the past six months, bridge traffic has been increasing. in december, an extra 75,000 vehicles used the bay bridge compared to the same time last year. >> we've got more people going to work perhaps in san francisco, downtown san

francisco. there's more traffic into the silicon valley during the morning commute period. those are hopeful signs for economic rebound all around the region. and for the rest of the seven state-owned bridges, traffic grew by more than 195,000 vehicles in the last year. the transportation commission did not say how much additional revenue this is creating, just that drivers should not expect a toll increase any time soon. well, it's the tenth anniversary of the avon breast cancer walk and the celebration is starting today. to mark the big occasion, organizers are hosting an avon walk birthday party at 11:00 this morning. that event will be held at san francisco's ruby sky nightclub, and people attending can sign up for this year's walk, learn about fund-raising, and meet some of the people the money benefits. children in southern alameda county can have free access to free dental care today. free screenings are being offered at the union city dental clinic. children ages 4 to 14 are eligible. more than 80 dental health

professionals have volunteered their services for the event from 9:00 a.m. until 1:00 this afternoon. time now, 9:56. we want to go right back over to rosemary for a last check of your weather this morning. >> yes, good morning to you. a cool start out there, but we will be met by sunshine, a nice, mild afternoon. temperatures back into the 60s, a few degrees above normal for this time of year. and that fan fest forecast is a nice one. 54 degrees as we enter the 10:00 hour. 60 degrees at lunchtime. low 60s in the forecast for the afternoon. mostly sunny skies, air quality moderate for today and winds will be light and offshore. 65 expected in oakland for the afternoon. 64, san mateo. south, 66 in san jose. mid to upper 60s for santa cruz this afternoon. a gorgeous day to head out to the coast. >> beautiful day. >> the weekend, just dry and mild, and thankfully, we've got rain in the extended forecast. looks like the tuesday morning drive, as well as the evening

commute could be soggy, wet, slippery. so just plan for that. >> thank you, rosemary. >> got it. well, thank you for trusting ktvu channel 2news and for joining us for our debut of the third hour on ktvu. >> and be sure to join us again at 6:00. remember, we're always here for you at ktvu.com, and mobile ktvu. connect with us, of course, on facebook and twitter. thank you for joining us, everyone. have a great saturday.