taking aim on the oregon border, our system went to southern california giving them much needed rain, thick morning fog so watch out. a little warmerred today. -- warmer today. here is sal. traffic is moving well along the bay area, traffic looks good on highway four, not a bad commute at all. also if you are driving on interstate 880 in both directions, it is a nice drive although we are looking at heavy fog and we will be watching for that to move around. no fog so far on the san mateo bridge. at 4:30 let's go back to the desk. police are investigating an early morning shooting. news news' paul chambers joins us from 9th and howard, paul, what is going on?

>> this is the second scene, you can see investigators are still wrapping up. the ending crime scene happened here at this hotel phillips. a mail victim was shot at, that was the first crime and that happened in the city's tenderloin district. then they brought him to the hotel where somebody called police notified them thatted been shot in the back. the victim was taken to san francisco hospital where he was in stable condition. that's all the information police are releasing. i tried to talk to his friends and they didn't want to talk about what happened. the man was shot in the back transported by taxi to 9th and howard and then he was taken from this hotel, taken to the hospital where he is in stable condition and of course we will stay on top of this and bring

you the latest as it develops. channel 2 news. and a high-speed chase ended in san mateo. it closed the southbound lanes near popular avenue for about an hour. now the pursuit began in san pablo. the pursuit ended on the peninsular at about 12:30 this morning. speeds reached 90 miles per hour. the suspect swerve to avoid another car and rolled over several times. he was taken to the sanford medical center with minor injuries and there is still no word on what led up to that pursuit. this morning two people are in the hospital after a home explosion in san francisco. news news jessica moran joins us with new information of a man who lives in the home,

tara? >> reporter: they say they have been growing medical marijuana in the past but they were not growing in recently so he is not sure what caused the explosion. this is what the unit pretty much looked like right here and if you look next store, this did the unit where the explosion happened and there is just a huge gaping hole and the windows are boarded up down there in the bottom unit of the building. we just got pictures, it is video you will only see off of capital avenue. firefighters tell us the explosion happened shortly after 8:00 last night. it is very close to ocean avenue. the man we spoke to said he and his girlfriend and their 12- year-old son were in the bathroom, the girl was playing video games on the couch. the man stepped outside and the blast happened. there was a brief fire that

went out by itself and the woman and son were badly burned and taken to the hospital. we do know police were called to the scene for the possibility of a drug lab. we will stay on top of it and let you know if there are any he more details we can find out. police responded to amador street yesterday afternoon. he was wearing body armor and shooting a gun in the air at cars and at people. officers say he charged at them but the body armor was resistant to tasers. extra ammunition and more guns were found at his apartment. they fell short at last night's city council meeting.

it would have also directed city letders and police to stop demonstrations but critics say it would infringe on protesters rights. meanwhile oakland mayor jean quan will deliver the state of the address and the event opens at 7:00. time now for sheriff ross mirkarimi, he is fighting a stay away order from prohibiting from seeing his child. this follows the arrest of domestic violence charges last month and his trial is scheduled to given in two weeks. how do you obtain information on putting a former girlfriend on the witness

stand. she dated sheriff ross mirkarimi and describes him as extremely aggressive and man uptive. -- manipulative. sheriff ross mirkarimi's attorney strongly denies the claims. they are looking for an airport customers man year. what we have learned about the federal agent and the alleged attacker and hear from a neighbor who called 911. >> the battle over same sex marriage could now be headed to the highest court in the land. and last night after a historic court ruling delayered same sex marriage unconstitutional. they illegally classified them as inferior to opposite system

of couples. >> in this country we do not put basic civil rights as the right of the people and district court of a people came through and said, no, this is not america. >> this was totally expected. >> california's same sex ban remains in effect while it is a very emotional case. proponents will take their case to the full appellate court but it is far more likely they will settle the issue for once and for all. they will fight it out in u.s. courts legislatures, ballot bombs but for now same sex

marriages rye main on hold. >> it is two years away whether we definitively no there same sexes will apply on to california. and they will wait for another distribute before weighing in. and the legal battles continues, we will bring you the latest development on air and on line csnne.com. in election news, rick santorum has new energy including lee nomination -- three nominations. >> understand here to be the conservative alternative to mitt romney. >> understand for president barack obama. >> and now analysts say, rick

santorum means mitt romney front-runner status is not what they thought. >> i expect to become our nominee with your help. >> now rand paul finished second place in the minnesota caucuses and he expects to do well in maine where the caucuses will wrap up on sunday and he has moved bonitos, one of the super tuesday states. they appealed to have it lifted and extenting the bars ours from 11:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. they said lift lounge violated its permit use permit and they will have a chance to appeal

the changes in 90 days. we wall it go for a complete morning commute. let's go outside and take a look at what we have. we still have fog to consent with and that could be a problem. but steve has been saying, the fog in some tough areas make it tough to see. of traffic does look good and sometimes as it comes up, it changes and in san jose, it is a good drive to northbound 280 right through northbound 280, here is steve. >> yesterday's system i will give it credit it gave us some great rain in the morning and

left behind fog, fog, fog. some of the visibility is already on my way in and all of a sudden zero visibilitiability. but it sends a thickening up here. patchy fog, a little warmer, i don't think we will get that much wash are, moving into the north there keep us getting offshore. that is a light east winds, lots of 50s and for as. calm calm, cam nothing wrong with that. the system is calm. it made it for the entire state which is this time of year and a dry air. that deserves a wow. the system is moving to extreme northern california and that

will keep the low clouds going. a little warmer, little warmer e-low 60s borger redwood city 63 and freemont 62. half-moon bay 62. mostly sunny partly cloudy pattern as we go from friday to saturday. we know pollution is hard -- pollution is hard for us, the affects that it could have on your four legged family members. morning on the sunole grade, we will tell you about the morning commute and the bay weather. cçrrú

. good morning, there is a lot of low clouds around, thick visibility mostly sunny after that fog burns off, mid-60s today. wood burning bands, it can affect your four legged friends as well. it is a big issue for cats, dogs horses. they say pets can have asthma aggravated by wood smoke.

they say to keep your pets indoors as much as possible. they will hold off and proposed closure of doyle park elementary school. the district is considering on shutting down the school because of poor test scores and declining enrollment. a vote on the proposed closure is set for september 22nd. and state assembly speaker john perez is expected to introduce legislation today that would give them tuition breaks and they would pay just one-third of tuition costs if they earn less than $130,000 a year. they would be paid for by eliminating a corporate tax break. a san jose university student accused of globing them

in her dorm rooms is pling not guilty to sexual battery. he entered unlocked rooms and globed five women. 4:46 is the time right now, a 61-year-old piedmont guy remains behind bars accused of shooting a federal act. as we first reported, it happened right outside the victim's home on landing road. now police arrested the suspect, dennis bag well a short time later in union city. the 61-year-old worker worked for the customs and border protection agency. he inn specialed -- inspected luggage. neighbors that did not want to appear on camera heard a scuffle. >> i heard 911 just to see if i could hear anything else going

on and i heard a woman's voice saying, oh, no, oh, my g-d. >> no word yet on a possible motive. bag well faces attempted murder and the victim was taken to eden medical center and his family asked that his condition not be released. there are no signs that the obama administration may be looking for away out over a new requirement that they provide access to birth control for their employees. the new ruling is part of their healthcare reform plan. and those institutions where women of all fates, many fates work, need to have the same kind of coverage that all other american women have. >> today the issue is conception, but a year from now, the government could be

saying because of that same class status, you decide you will have to cover abortions. reportedly the white house may recover something soon. they may work in other catholic organizations to have access to birth control without violating the church's belief. and they approved funding for a new program that could provide funding for the homeless. it is a 12 month pilot program for the chronically homeless. to qualify, applicants must have disabling conditioned and they hope to have that up by april. we are getting a look at the fire at san leandro we first told you about this morning. look at that, that is from a

helmet cam video. one mother had to lean out of a pal connie to lower her baby down to a firefighter. a 4th child jumped and landed safely on the ground. a mattress placed too close to a space heater may have started that fire. pressure testing on the pipelines is now complete. now after the deadly san bruno explosion, crews began the pressure test. they have finished examining the 2,000 miles of pipelines in central california. testing will now begin in more remote areas. time now 4:50 we are learning more about a deadly crash about a plane stolen from beau canon field. it appears to have clipped some

power lines and ray hopped a short chain link fence hot wired the plane and took off. they called the cessna's rightful owner and asked if he knew his plane was in an accident. >> i asked the ntsb guy up in seattle and i said people steel planes? >> he did not have a pilot's license and there are several incidents of stolen planes of joyriding each year. the mistake that is catching the attention of a lot of drivers on highway 101. facebook's growth has slowed. where the company may be setting its sites next. a

. starting this fall, retailers cannot handout plastic bags. it will be a ban starting in october. next year the ban will extent to all -- extend to all restaurants right now it only extent to grocery -- extends to grocery stores and farm is. they will ban restaurants from using foam containers. a band on tyra foam went -- tire a foam went into the ban and other areas are considering banning it as well. most people expected it to slow in the u.s. and canada but

globing in europe is not as rapid in the past. they may target china to continue growth but they are considering the chinese government's censorship policies. they may need a spelling lesson. they took the sign along highway 101 and you might notice that the park is misspelled. the correct spelling you see that it is are h o. they tell the paper they are tracking down exactly who is responsible for a mistake and that contractor will be responsible for replacing the sign. 4:55. sal, we get viewers emailing us and tweeting. it happened, right you need more than one person to be able to check. >> we can change it instantly. >> they can't. you know it is on the sign.

>> good morning everybody. i have a frog in my throat there. traffic is off to a good start, however i want to mention you will be dealing with fog in some areas, so give yourself an extra few minutes, if you are driving on to the golden gate bridge, you can see they are changing the lanes so just be careful and give them a break. in other words, slow it down. this is a look at interstate 880 and this traffic looks good. if you are driving on the san mateo so far it is a nice drive. >> i believe it is today, i think it is today on the west coast and the full moon, if it was it was the last night. but i saw it a couple of days ago. we had some breaks and we have some fog on the bog. the system didn't do much for rain but at least it gave some to the state and we can use

every drop that is available. on a dry year san francisco is 43. officially, now that is officially san jose. i know they had about a 10th of an inch. my observer near blossom hill, it is 4 / 10th and it depends on what part of san jose it is, suffice to say, the system moved out and left behind a lot of low clouds and fogs. all of a sudden we will hit a wall of fog and our system is long gone. we will warmup for about two days and the system is keeping on chipping away, maybe for late sunday. patchy fog, warmer especially into tomorrow, we get a light offshore component. 40s for many, a lot of fog out

towards fairfield, fairfield vacaville. a lot of our 40s , san jose is a low cloud deck and we could still see the city. the webcam a, right there, everything drives north, so it is a little warmer and high pressure will not establish itself too strongly. a little warmer today. a lot of humidity and you may notice that if you are doing anything outside. 60s, san mateo, pearl --berg ham 63. chinese new year looks good. mostly cloudy on sunday, pam. coming up on 5:00, a santorum sweep turns the race on its head and mitt romney is responding to the big momentum.

something happened and what the homeowners are saying was not inside their house.