. another court appearance for the san francisco sheriff and who will testify against sheriff ross mirkarimi. and a high surf advisory, we will give you a look at the conditions and tell you what it means. a santorum sweep, mitt romney is responding to the big shift. ktvu channel 2 news continues.

this is ktvu channel 2 news. thank you for joining us, i am pam cook. >> good morning, i am dave clark, we are ready to check weather and steve paulsen has more on the forecast. >> not everybody is in on it but there is a lot of locations where visibility is lousy. once we get this to burn off, it will be mostly sunny and temperatures low-to-mid 60s, here is sal. as you mentioned, it may slow traffic on some commutes, not too bad, it has improved and we have a look at the san mateo bridge and that traffic is fine. let's go back to the desk. >> mayor jean quan is getting ready to deliver the second state of the address and give us a preview of that story,

good morning, paul. >> reporter: the mayor was elected in 2010 and of course this is going into her second term. she has had issues dealing with micromanagement and the mayor last week made some major strides in the city by naming permanent police since then taken off the mayor has done a lot trying to combat the city's crime trials, but this is what some are calling the defining moment of her term is the occupied situation, they have criticized her roll and how sheehaneled it. they allowed them to camp outside city hall and police and protesters battled it out with officers in riot gear, protesters have shut down the port of oakland and it does not

appear they will be let out any time soon. they have recall efforts and he would address those situations and that address will happen here at city hall. paul claim first, ktvu channel 2 news. police are investigating two separate crime scenes. he was brought to a hotel immediately after he was shot. it is not clear what led up to the gunfire. police are looking for suspects and witnesses. and in just a couple of hours, sheriff ross mirkarimi returns to family court. he is still fighting the stay away order and a judge barred him from seeing his son and wife after his arrest after

domestic violence charges. now ktvu channel 2 news has obtained court documents hoping to put sheriff ross mirkarimi's former girlfriend on the witness stand. she dated sheriff ross mirkarimi in 2007 and 2008 and she describes him as an extremely aggressive manipulative person having a volatile temperature. he strongly denies her claims. >> a man is behind bars after firing a gun outside of school. police responded yesterday afternoon. he was wearing body armor and shooting a gun at cars and at people. officers say he charged at that and was resistant to tazers. police say extra ammunition and more guns were found at his nearby apartment. it is exciting and more

dangerous, swells could reach 16 feet. in pacifica, there is a high surf advisory, claudine wong? >> reporter: you can see signs are up warning people about the dangers of these waves and we are walking up on the pier and we have seen people coming back out here, take a look at these waves. if you take a look they have been booming all morning long and they have been crashing into some of the walkway areas. it's going to be like this all morning long and throughout the day, steve paulsen said we have swells between 16 and 30 feet every 15 seconds and we have 18 feet at local beaches. we have talked to some folks who were so caught up by the site of these waves and they actually came to check it out. >> it is so big.

every morning i brush by here and today it is pretty big. >> back live you can see some of the big ones breaking over the end of this pier and any time we have big waves, people always talk about mavericks. what does it mean for mavericks. we know they are watching these swells but they go down and remember they need that 24 hour window. . claudine wong ktvu channel 2 news. the battle over same sex marriage could be headed to the highest court in the land. >> now this is part of a celebration in the castro district in san francisco last night after a historic court ruling earlier in the day.

california's ban was unconstitutional. justice has ruled proposition 8 classified gay lesbian couples inferior to opposite sex couples. >> in this country we do not put basic civil rights to a court of the people and as the court had done they said this is not america. >> the court is always disappointed when you have judges overruling the will of the people but this was totally expected. >> the california same sex marriage ban is still in effect until there is a final decision on an emotional case. now opponents say they will immediately appeal the ruling and they can take the case to the full appellate court and it is more likely they will hope to settle the issue once and for all. a high court could issue a

final ruling on one that has ignited a controversy over the last four years. but nor now same sex marriages remain on hold. >> now legal experts say there is not even a guarantee the u.s. supreme court will take the case. it only applies to california. now the justices may decide to wait for another one to deal with this issue. make sure you stay here for continuing coverage. we will bring you developments both on the air and on line at ktvu channel 2 news. the presidential race has new momentum following his sweep of nominating contests. they won the contests in colorado and the primary in

missouri. coming up at 615, the sweep on the republican race. time now, we have to sweep you to where you need to go this morning. >> i will just take the broom and sweep you -- sweep you along. >> let's go outside and look at some cleaver pictures, it is a nice drive to the 980 interchange, it is not foggy to affect traffic but the fog may be low in some areas. so if you are driving and go into the fog don't use your high beams. this is a look at highway 37 at 121 and they are clearing an accident here. let's go to steve. we have a lot of fog, i

just key thed and -- tweeted, visibility is getting worse, they have low clouds and fog, they are also reporting visibility and clouds and fog, so fog tends to thicken up and otherwise once we get going, rain, fog, it was not much but at least it gave us some rain, we are so far below. it may be a miracle march. and there has been a lot more than two and a half inches of rain. san francisco and 54% for santa rosa, they have 12 and two and i mean if santa rosa is that far behind everybody else is clear here too. a lot of moisture and these

came up and all of a sudden it will clear and a quarter of a mile it has been dancing on the golden gate bridge and the bay bridge, fog has been forming, and will continue to do so. high pressure is kicking in and we will have a little bit of a warmup, it will start to cool down, a weak system, fog being reported -- being reported, for 2 and over cast, that is where the pattern is going. look where they are coming now. even the strucks are reporting fog and 27 degrees it if you are heading to the mountains.

others may take awhile and morgan hill gill interest from with your weekend in view it looks good to go, mostly cloudy saturday and sunday, pam, dave? well accused of child molestation, jerry sandusky is under house arrest but hear why his neighbors say he should stay inside because what he is doing outside is disturbing. and we have an exclusive look. hear what they are doing in a case.

. welcome back, time now 6:14 a marin county man set a huge warehouse fire one that destroyed history. mark anderson was convicted of starting a fire that destroyed 4 million bottles of wine that were worth $2 million. he stored wine on the island and some clients suspected he was selling their wines. this fire you are looking at destroyed evidence of the theft. he was at the scene just hours after the fire was out and asking questions. >> who do you think started the

fire and every person we spoke to said mark anderson. >> reporter: these are a few of the valuable bottles, he spelled out before the fire. they found out he was trying to sell them under an assumed name at an auction. that evidence helped to convict him. ktvu channel 2 news allison burns is in our newsroom with how rick santorum plans on capitalizing with his new momentum. >> reporter: he is heading to texas for a forum with local pastors. he said his victories in minnesota and colorado showed conservativism is alive and well and he does not have the money or the organization to

win the nomination. >> the fact is, ideas and contrast. >> they are downplaying rick santorum's wins and no delegates were officially awarded. romney still expects to be the gop nominee. rand paul took second in minnesota ahead of romney. newt gingrich is continuing to campaign in ohio hoping for an upset down the line. the next primaries are in three weeks in michigan and in arizona. recording live, arizona ktvu channel 2 news. well jerry sandusky's bail following new complaints from neighbors. he is under house arrest while he awaits trial on child molestation charges. sandusky who lives next door to a school was seen in his backyard watching students on the playground. they want him kept indoors to

deny requests and a hearing is set for friday. >> students and colleagues will say farewell, he died during -- she died during a ski trip. she taught french for a quarter century and last year she won teacher of the year and now they will hold a memorial service in her honor. and the super bowl game in indianapolis, they have come down with a super bug. an unknown number of people were exposed to the me sills at the super bowl village. one person and one infected person spread the measles sometime last week and there are already two other confirmed cases. the health department is expecting plenty more once the

word gets out. spare the air days, they are more beneficial according to veterinarians and wood smoke is a big issue for pets and horses. pets can have it and it can be aggravated by lung smoke so keep your pets indoors as much as possible. right now coming up on 6:19 any problems in the commute, sal? it will prevent the fog from seeing clearly in some areas and we are looking at highway four and we have slowed traffic in this area not in bay point but we have it in antioch and parts of pittsburgh and i think people who drive this everyday pretty much say well, we are used to it but just incase, highway 4 especially antioch but also in pittsburgh. take a look at what we have been talking about it has moved

into the bay bridge toll plaza and it has backed up, may be a little more than that and the morning commute, 8800 still off to a nice start, 280 is still looking good, let's go to steve. >> i know we have the fog out there, other than that, it is sunny, mostly sunny mild a few high clouds and fog is the big issue, not everybody has it, there were pockets where it's clear. 40s and 50s, mostly sunny and warmer later on today, temperatures are creeping upwards and we'll see a little bit of a warmup. 43 still stuck, santa rosa has a north wind and they went from 44 to 45, 49 in the city, san

jose overcast, 46 at the oakland airport, they are reporting fog an "f" s o are reporting -- and fso are reporting delays. strong low in the gulf of alaska until 3:00 but high pressure is building in and that will give us a couple of days after that fog burns off and there is some thick stuff, visibility in spots, mostly sunny, extended outlook does show warmer into thursday, friday and saturday, sunday increasing clouds giving us mostly cloudy pattern but it looks weak. group on went public in november and this will be its first earnings report. but wall street analysts will be looking for marketing

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he be friended a defendant. an angry judge kicked him off after finding out he looked up the female defendant on facebook. the judge will consider it contempt of court. barry bonds has permission to keep his baseball bats. the court can bar him from having any dangerous weapons while appealing and bat is considered a dangerous weapon but the judge is making an exception in his case. it is happening and this one is hard to see but take a look at this somebody threw a handful of bright blue glitter on mitt romney. they quickly surrounded him and here it is right here, they hustled that glitter thrower

out of the room. and rick santorum didn't notice when he was glitter bombed. you can see a man throw a handful of green glitter on rick santorum and since rick santorum does not have secret service protection, that glitter thower slipped out of the room. they may be looking for away out over a contentious battle with the church and hospitals provide birth control for their employees. the new ruling is part of president barack obama's healthcare reform. it would apply to the hospitals. reportedly the white house may offer some kind of compromise soon. our time now 6:27 while a woman is recovering she gave birth to a really big baby. the baby is 15 pounds 8 ounces. born to a c-section to a woman

in central china, and he is the largest baby born on record. the heaviest baby born was almost 24 pounds born in 1879 in ohio. time now, a high-speed chase from the east bay to san francisco all the way to the peninsular, how fast was the suspect's car going and the problems it caused on 101. a home explosion left a woman and her son badly burned and we will tell you what it may have to do with a drug lab and what police are investigating. eñ

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legends. pam is ringing the new york stock exchange. >> i don't know about this company, excellence in software an engineering and they are ringing the new york stock exchange. right now it looks like a slightly higher opening and all the european markets are open and there is a little bit about what is happening in grease. e-pam is based in newton pennsylvania and it is in new town pennsylvania as well. i'll say good morning and it is the middle of the week february 8th, i am dave clark. >> and i am pam cook, time now 6:30 we are learning more about a san francisco home explosion. tara moriarty is at the scene with what one man is saying about this behalf that injured his fiancee and 12-year-old

son, tara? >> reporter: it appears the explosion started in the bathroom and there is hash residue. police are investigating the possibility of a drug run and if you look behind me you can see the explosion busted out the front windows. we got an inside look and this is video you will only see on 2. two people were involved last night, a woman and her 12- year-old son were badly burned. we understand they are in the burn unit recovering and they are expected to survive. the man who lives here is the woman's fiance and he stepped outside to get something from his car when the blast happened. there was a brief fire and police are questioning the woman because of evidence they discovered on scene. to make hash oil and people put marijuana into a tube heat it up so they can extract the th

c. if they don't over heat or if they don't remove it properly, there is a bomb. we don't know how much this goes for on the market but we are told they rub it on cigarettes to smoke it or they can actually eat it. we will bring you any updates on this investigation, tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. in overnight news, a high- speed chase, one that reached 90 miles per hour and ended in san mateo in a crash. it closed near east popular avenue for about an hour. it started in san pablo and that chase went through san francisco ending on the peninsular about 12:30 this morning. the suspects lost control and then rolled several times. the driver was taken to stamford medical center with

minor injuries. he will be taken into custody once he is released from the hospital there is no word on what led to that pursuit. mayor jean quan is getting ready to deliver her state address and she has a lot to talk about over the last 12 months, good morning paul. >> reporter: discuss and other issues before her, we all know this is her second year on the job. she was able to make great strides when she was announcing new permanent police and fire chiefs and since then, she has done a lot to combat crime with the 100 block initiative. but her latest battle is the occupied situation. many people have come out and criticized her role for first

handling it but weeks later that changed when protesters battled in city streets when officers used flash grenades to subdue the crowd. since then they have shut down the port of oakland destroyed parts of city hall and it does not appear they will be letting up any time soon. if that does not let up, we know the mayor has recallest to lose her job and the mayor will discuss a lot of that tonight in her state of the city at 6:00. of course we want to hear what people think about it and as they come by we will start talking to them. paul chambers, ktvu channel 2 news. they are searching for the mosttive, the victim was shot outside of his home in newark. coming up, what we found out

about the federal agent plus we will hear from a neighbor who called 911. a man accused of droning them in her dorm room and he unlocked the dorm rooms and groped five women. escobar did not live on campus. he lost an appeal to have its operating hours restored. last night city council voted to extend the hours from 11:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. the bar was accused of violating its conditional use permit. they will have a chance to appeal in 90 days. san francisco retail stores will not be able to handout plastic bags.

the board of supervisors appealed beginning in october. last year it expand. and businesses will have to charge them for every paper or every postable bag. city council staff is looking into how a similar ban is working in other cities and now a ban on sty a foam contain years went into effect last july. san carlos and foster city is also considering banning those containers. >> quickly, i found out why he was there. he is celebrating a restaurant partnership. his name is collide. wine and dine, so that is why he was there.

let's go to sal. >> it sounds delicious. hopefully that will be and advertising for you. -- and pet ties be -- appetizing for you. airport delays at san francisco airport of more than an hour expected because of today's foggy weather. so if you are expecting somebody, it may be late. you can see the fog is getting lower and traffic is also getting thick here, about 15 to 20 minute delay and you may want to leave early. on 237, that traffic is slow already, let's go to steve. speaking of the city, you can see some of that fog, we had a nice tweet and he is in the richmond district, there it

is that blanket working its way in some areas clear, a lot of humidity, even though it didn't do much in the rain department, fog is clear, mild by noon, sunny warmer, watch out for that morning fog, visibility could be a quarter of a mile, fso with delays and some near oakland, oakland has the least of the three major airports. warmer weather which looks okay but sunday another weak moves in. mid-60s for some nothing outrageous or anything, 52 in

san jose, and a little puff of a north wind fairfield is in there as well. 49 san francisco, southwest, northwest out towards vacaville, nothing too strong but enough of a breeze to wipe that fog out sooner, nothing over 10 miles per hour, these are mild warm systems and you can see it right there taking aim towards the oregon county borders and a few high clouds for us in the north bay but that's it. a little warmer, extended outlook with some clouds and temperatures continue to warm up as we head towards the weekend. time now 6:40 the 911 tapes that show the explosion that killed a father and two sons. >> here is more of a frantic call from a social worker who was right there after the blast. we are watching the high

surf advisory and you are watching it, what is the view like from that pier we will take a walkout there next. you may have to deal with fog in parts of marin county, stay tuned for more. @@1 8

. a woman and her son are in a hospital after her home exploded. her fiance said their growing operation may well have caused this operation. this is now under investigation. they are looking for suspects in an early morning shooting with two separate crime scenes and friends of the victim took them to a hotel immediately after he was shot and wounded in the tenderloin. that victim is expected to survive. rick santorum shook up the race with a three state sweep yesterday. rick santorum won in colorado along with the nonbinding primary in missouri. and you are warned to be wear of rip currents in

pounding ways. showing us just how dangerous the conditions are, claudine? >> reporter: well we have to be careful, this high surf advisory will remain in place but we came out to this pier on pacifica because we wanted to show you how spectacular these waves look. this is where they are breaking right out here and we have seen the waves crashing and coming through. this is a gorgeous sight and surfers like the big waves but again warning this can be dangerous, we spoke to a gentleman who is a fine art photographer to take pictures of the waves this morning. >> i thought my god, this is huge. i think it is a blessing to live so close to this amazing place. i used to drive through pacifica but it is one of the

most beautiful places i have ever been to. >> back live at the pacifica pier you can see the waves crashing and certainly when we sea waves like this, people think of mavericks. we have been watching the website and we know we have been doing it but this high surf advisory goes away at 3:00 and the waves go back down and that means no mavericks for now but certainly, we are in the window and we know when the big waves come they are watching closely. live in pacifica, claudine wong ktvu channel 2 news. >> police released a frantic 911 call moments after a fiery house explosion that killed a seattle area man and his two sons. >> he blew up the house and the kids. >> the kids and the father were in the house? >> yeah, yes, he swung the door

in my face. >> josh powell deliberately blew up the house, a funeral is planned for the boys, ages 5 and 7. meantime they searched a storage locker as they searched for a motive and powell was a person of interest in his wife's disappearance. piedmont man is accused of shooting a federal agent. it handed out side the victim's home and police arrested the suspect identified as dennis bag well a short time later at a traffic stop in union city. the 65--year-old victim worked for border customs agency. the neighbors heard a scuffle before shots were fired. >> i went to the window after i had called 911 just to see if i could hear anything else going on and at that time i heard a woman's voice saying, oh, no, oh, my g-d.

>> no word about a possible motive, bag well faces attempted murder of an off-duty federal agent. his family does not want his condition to be released. the city of oakland has come up with a last ditch plan to stop the team from moving to san jose. there is a connection to this year's super bowl. that story is coming up on mornings on 2 at 7:00. what happened? at 5th and harrison, we had a camera on it and some of the emergency vehicles, this may be good or bad news, it is hard to see and it looks like they have hopefully this means good news for the commute and at the intersection, you can see it here, a pedestrian has been hit and we are trying to figure out

more about the condition of a person, just off the 5th street off ramp from the freeway. let's look at the bay bridge toll plaza and heavy fog may have affected the ground traffic and it has international airport delays of more than one hour. and there is a crash on the shoulder traffic will be busy in this area as you head south to union city. let's go to steve. yes, high surf advisory and also the fog is a big story for our morning commute as you just saw reports all over the place reduced visibility and they will come up with a little bit the storm track is to the north and fog will be with us and we are not completely sold out. 40s to 50s, mostly sunny still some fog hanging around, 58 to

68 on the temperatures, if you are stepping out, slow down because visibility can be awful. visibility is reported which is punched off and high humidity, a lot of moisture in the air so if you are out working out, it may feel warm out there. warming today and tomorrow, we will cool it down friday with a light offshore northerly breeze but there is a component of it, 40s for some, a few 50s towards mountain view, a big whopper generating waves and the moisture source continues to come up from the northwest. these are mild warm systems and they are tracking up towards eureka and crescent city. by afternoon everybody will be in on that, a little cool down

and heading to the chinese parade, sunday increasing clouds, giving us a mostly cloudy day. facebook's recent ipo filing reveals' the social network's growth has slowed. and europe and asia are also seeing slower growth. in the past, facebook said it could target china and it has admitted there could be problems satisfying the chinese government's censorship policies. facebook is not commenting since they have filed for an ipo. mcdonald's is announcing they are giving in and they are showing off shamrock shakes and they are given a choice whether to serve the milk shake or not. that is creating a colt like following and it will remain on the menu until march 25th. it is one of those stories

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. welcome back to the ktvu channel 2 news, taking a look at the board, dow jones industrial average up a little bit 13.5 points and nasdaq and s&p 500 are up a little more percentage-wise, they are both up about a quarter of a percent. we will get a dramatic new look at that apartment fire in san leandro, the one we told you about yesterday morning. >> all right... >> you hear her saying her baby is up there. this is a helmet camera video. a mother had to lean out of a balcony to lower her baby to a firefighter right there, you see it in the red. two other children were rescued from a bedroom upstairs and a 4th child actually jumped and landed safely on the ground. they think a mattress that --

they think it was a mattress too close to a space heater that caused the fire. raul died when a trench collapsed and buried him alive, last week they found raul's employer failed to get a permit to dig that trench and they did suspend the company's license. the memorial will -- memorial will be at the catholic church in hayward. people are struggling to keep up with rising tuition costs and state assembly speaker john perez is expected to introduce legislation today to give them tuition breaks. under the legislation, undergraduates would pay one- third of the tuition costs if they earn less than 150,000 dollars a year. time now 6:56 entertainers

in monterey including tiger woods, he will play in the pebble beach tournament and tiger woods said he is recovering from all the injuries he has had and he is getting back into perform and there is a celebrity challenge at 11:00 this morning. among those taking part, actor ray a man know and the -- ray ramp mono and the great will murray. we still have slow traffic around the bay and some fog which is making it tough for drivers and also for flights coming into fso. we will update delays. two bay bridges backed up 30 minutes and as you cross to 880 heading to sunny veil slowed traffic not only on antioch but present hill as well.

let's go to- í pleasant hill. let's go to steve. we will be good to go for mostly sunny weather, fog could be slow to burn off and it's a little warmer today. breaking news in san francisco, a very serious accident in market area. also in san francisco, an explosion what caused it? stay right here with us. @ñh@